Guidelines for Grant and Contract Management
227. Faculty Effort on Research Projects
The Office of Management and Budget issued a clarification of OMB A-21 regarding the "Treatment of Voluntary Uncommitted Cost Sharing and Tuition Remission Costs" on January 5, 2001. It states, in part, that "most Federally-funded research programs should have some level of committed faculty (or senior researchers) effort, paid or unpaid by the Federal Government. This effort can be provided at any time within the fiscal year (summer months, academic year, or both)." The University must adhere to the A-21 requirement that faculty have some committed effort on research grants. In addition, some divisions have developed specific divisional policy regarding faculty effort on research grants.
2009 Summer Salary Memo to Faculty (PDF)
The Division of Biological Sciences' Faculty Salary and Effort Policy expects effort to be commensurate with salary recovery.
The Physical Sciences Division anticipates that faculty normally meet their research effort requirement with effort committed during the summer quarter. If academic research effort is required, PSD expects that such commitment not exceed 1/2 month of academic year effort. See the PSD policy and its addendum.
- Time & Effort Reporting on Grant & Contract Proposals (February 27, 2001)
- Addendum to Time & Effort Reporting on Grant & Contract Proposals (March 28, 2001)
Additional Information
November 2008 Presentation on Effort Reporting:
- Slides (PPT)
- Handouts:
- Memo to Recipients (DOC)
- Sample Annual Certification Statement (PDF)
- Deadline Memo (DOC)
November 2007 Presentation Slides (PPT)
NCURA Effort Reporting DVD (aired March 6, 2007).
The DVD of the NCURA Video Workshop may be borrowed. Please contact the URA Front Desk for access.
Annual Certification Statements for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2005 Memo
