*Excluding salaries
†When only one entry was given, it was assumed to be the maximum.
Survey on Start-up
Funds for New Faculty Hires
Institution:
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1. Is your institution ____ public or ____
private?
2. For recent hires at the rank of Assistant
Professor (tenure-track), what dollar amount did you provide for laboratory
start-up (excluding salaries)?
3. For recent hires at the rank of Associate
Professor (tenure-track or tenured), what dollar amount did you provide for
laboratory start-up (excluding salaries)?
4. For recent hires at the rank of Professor
(tenure-track or tenured), what dollar amount did you provide for laboratory
start-up (excluding salaries)?
Comments
--We are way behind the curve. But, it depends a lot on how the salary is
structured (what guarantees are in place for state/institutional funding vs.
grant funding), what kind of “tax” structure exists, whether there is a square
foot lab use charged back to the PI, etc. Figuring out what actually constitutes
the “disposable”, PI discretionary portion can be more difficult to determine.
Still, I think we’re very much on the “light side”, although we still have had
success in recruiting nonetheless.
--Equipment start-up is negotiated and based on need in all cases.
--The Full professors are often more complicated as they may be chairs,
center directors target of excellence hires so their packages can vary widely!
--We use a good deal of the tobacco settlement funds for this purpose.
--[Note on Asst. Prof. entry] does not include any renovation costs that are
picked up by the Dept/College (typically $250,000).
--[Note on Assoc. Prof. entry] Varies depending on situation---last mid
career (Assoc Prof) hire was a spousal hire who had multiple active NIH grants.
We contributed approximately $150,000.
--[Note on Assoc. Prof. entry] We return 50% of ICR returned to the
department (25% of the ICR generated) to the investigator that generated it. We
do not make this return to the investigator until the departmental share of the
start-up package is paid back from the investigator’s share. The department
usually comes up with 1/3 of the start-up, the dean with 1/3 and the campus
(vice-chancellor for research) with 1/3. The same deal for payback of
departmental start-up holds for Assist. Prof. and full Prof. hires.
--[Note on Assoc. Prof. entry] None...they were expected to bring in all of
their own grant money.
--[Note on Asst. Prof. entry] Our total package is about $800,000 with an
assumed period of 3 years. Year 1 represents about $150,000 in non-personnel
items. Years 2 and 3 represent about $100,000 each year in non-personnel items.
