Salary Information
The portion of faculty salary and fringe benefits that corresponds to effort committed to an externally sponsored project may be included in, and recovered from, the project budget. When recovered, the salary and fringe benefits are reimbursed to the University through an Income Fund Reimbursable (IFR) mechanism at appropriate current rates. For further information on budgeting for salaries, please see also Chapter Five of the SPS Guide to Guide to Developing and Administering Sponsored Programs.
For information on budgeting salaries that are over the NIH salary cap, please click here.
For information on Fringe Benefits that must be budgeted with salaries, please click here.
Salary Increases
Salary increase schedules:
- University faculty members holding academic year appointments: September 1
- University faculty and staff holding calendar year appointments: July 1.
- Research Foundation employees: either July 1, the project anniversary date, or the employee's anniversary date.
Salary increase amounts:
- Salaries for 2007 and beyond should be budgeted assuming a 4.0% annual increase
- Actual salary payments will be consistent with current University, RF, and UBFS salary policies
Period of Academic Commitment:
- Academic Year 07/08
- August 20, 2007 through May 15, 2008
- Academic Year 08/09
- August 18, 2008 through May 14, 2009
Summer Salary may only be budgeted for periods outside of the Academic Year.
Hourly Equivalent of Academic/Calendar Year:
- Full-time Calendar Year
- 1,950 hours
- Full-time Academic Year
- 1,462 hours
Graduate Student Salaries and Assistantships:
For guidelines on ranges for University-funded Graduate and Undergraduate Student Salaries, please refer to the State's Human Resource Services' website:
For Guidelines on Research Foundation Salary Ranges for both students and staff, please refer to the Research Foundation's Human Resource Services website.