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Bridge
Funding Survey
(2/08)
The difficult
funding climate at NIH and other agencies has translated into lost grants and
delayed funding for many individuals. This situation has brought to forefront
the issue of “bridge funding” to provide support for faculty salaries and their
laboratories when there is a hiatus in grant funding. Some members have inquired
about how “bridge funding” is handled at different institutions. We thought it
might be of interest to collect some data on this issue and share it with all
members.
1. Does your institution/department have a written policy that applies to
bridging faculty salaries and research programs when grant funding is
interrupted?
_____Yes _____No
2. Is bridge funding provided for just the faculty member's salary or is there
also support for the laboratory?
____Faculty member's salary only
____Faculty member's salary and support for laboratory
3. If bridge funding is provided for the faculty member's salary:
A) Is it for the full salary?
____Yes _____No
B) Is there a formula to determine the length and duration of
support or is support considered on an individual basis at the discretion of the
Chair and/or Dean's office?
_____Formula
_____Discretion of Chair/Dean's office
C) If a formula is used to determine support does it depend
on:
____Faculty rank
____Number of funded years
____Total dollars received in funding
____Combination of these factors
____Other (please specify: _____________________)
D) How many years does support continue and at what percent?
(If a formal policy does not exist, please estimate the average support a full
professor with a 15 year history of external funding might receive.)
< 1 year @_____%
year 1 @_____%
year 2 @_____%
year 3 @_____%
> 3 years @_____%
E) Is there a minimum salary for tenured faculty member that
is protected regardless of grant funding status?
_____Yes ______No
If yes, approximately what percent of full salary is the
protected amount?
______%
4. If bridge funding is provided for the faculty member’s laboratory:
A) Is there a formula to determine the length and duration of
support or is support considered on an individual basis at the discretion of the
Chair and/or Dean's office?
______Formula
______Discretion of Chair/Dean's office
B) How many years does support continue and at what percent
of the laboratory's previous funding level?
< 1 year @_____%
year 1 @_____%
year 2 @_____%
year 3 @_____%
> 3 years @_____%
5. What is the source of funding for salary/laboratory bridge funding:
______ Department
_______Dean's Office
_______Combination
_______Other (please specify: ___________________________)
6. For a faculty member who has received bridge funding, are there associated
expectations, such as partially paying it back from future funds.
____Yes ___ No
7. What percent of your faculty are currently (or soon to be) bridged?
______ %
8. Are faculty/departments contributing to a bridge funding pool?
____Yes _____No
If yes, approximately how much?
Department: $_______/year
Faculty member: $_________/year
9. What percent return of indirect costs (F&A costs) does your department
receive?
_______%
10. What percent return of indirect costs do individual faculty members receive?
_______%
11. Comments
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