ORSO Guideline 21
Revised May 15, 2018
SUBJECT: Guidelines for Approving Excess Compensation Requests for Sponsored Projects:
- If a faculty member’s wishes to request excess compensation above their base
salary in a sponsored project proposal, the faculty member must submit a memo,
prior to proposal submission, to the Provost Office requesting approval. The
request must substantiate the need for excess compensation based on the
Uniform Guidance 200.430, Compensation-personal services (h)(3) and (h)(4)
sections. This request must be routed and approved by the faculty member’s
Chair and Dean concurring that these duties are in addition to their regular
departmental load (teaching, research, and public service) and across
departmental lines. - If approved by the Provost, then the request must be clearly spelled out in the
sponsored project proposal, routed through the normal process to ORSO (with
Provost approval attached), and subsequently approved by the Sponsor prior to
payment of any excess compensation paid on sponsored project funds. - If a request for excess compensation is made after the award, step 1 must still
be followed and a separate request to the Sponsor asking for approval must be
initiated and routed through ORSO. ORSO will counter-sign the request, upon
approval from the Provost, and submit the request to the Sponsor. Sponsor
approval must be received prior to any payment of any excess compensation. - Normally excess compensation, from sponsored program funds, should be
administered via a faculty time-card.
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