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Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

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Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

Updated 10/10/12

In all cases, the actual UNH and USNH policies and official procedures will prevail. Such policies and procedures are subject to change.

The language in this document does not pertain to faculty in the collective bargaining unit.

As questions arise,
Research Faculty should contact
their unit’s chief financial officer
(Business Service Center [BSC] director)

List of BSC directors

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UNH Research Faculty Policy Guide

Compensation for Research Faculty

Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

Starting Salary Level: UNH practice is for the hiring supervisor/chair/director, in consultation with the relevant dean and/or center/institute director, to determine the starting salary rate of the incoming research faculty member commensurate with other faculty in the same classification, discipline, and years of service.

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Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

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In all cases, the actual UNH and USNH policies and official procedures will prevail. Such policies and procedures are subject to change.

The language in this document does not pertain to faculty in the collective bargaining unit.

As questions arise,
Research Faculty should contact
their unit’s chief financial officer
(Business Service Center [BSC] director)

List of BSC directors

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UNH Research Faculty Policy Guide

Promotion for Research Faculty

Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

See: Instructional Documents and Procedures http://www.unh.edu/provost/promotion.html

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Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

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In all cases, the actual UNH and USNH policies and official procedures will prevail. Such policies and procedures are subject to change.

The language in this document does not pertain to faculty in the collective bargaining unit.

As questions arise,
Research Faculty should contact
their unit’s chief financial officer
(Business Service Center [BSC] director)

List of BSC directors

Return to Overview:
UNH Research Faculty Policy Guide

Annual Reviews for Research Faculty

Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

See: Provost's Office document, Appointment of Research Faculty Policy and Procedures
http://www.unh.edu/provost/sites/unh.edu.provost/files/docs/ResearchFaculty.pdf

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Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

Updated 10/10/12

In all cases, the actual UNH and USNH policies and official procedures will prevail. Such policies and procedures are subject to change.

The language in this document does not pertain to faculty in the collective bargaining unit.

As questions arise,
Research Faculty should contact
their unit’s chief financial officer
(Business Service Center [BSC] director)

List of BSC directors

Return to Overview:
UNH Research Faculty Policy Guide

Hiring Process for Research Faculty

Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

See: Office of the Provost Hiring Procedures
http://www.unh.edu/provost/hiringprocedures.html

(Non tenure-track renewable appointments)

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Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

Updated 10/10/12

In all cases, the actual UNH and USNH policies and official procedures will prevail. Such policies and procedures are subject to change.

The language in this document does not pertain to faculty in the collective bargaining unit.

As questions arise,
Research Faculty should contact
their unit’s chief financial officer
(Business Service Center [BSC] director)

List of BSC directors

Return to Overview:
UNH Research Faculty Policy Guide

Appointment of Research Faculty

Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

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Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

Updated 10/10/12

In all cases, the actual UNH and USNH policies and official procedures will prevail. Such policies and procedures are subject to change.

The language in this document does not pertain to faculty in the collective bargaining unit.

As questions arise,
Research Faculty should contact
their unit’s chief financial officer
(Business Service Center [BSC] director)

List of BSC directors

Return to Overview:
UNH Research Faculty Policy Guide

Responsibilities and Privileges of Research Faculty

Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

See: Appointment of Research Faculty Policy and Procedures

http://www.unh.edu/provost/sites/unh.edu.provost/files/docs/ResearchFaculty.pdf

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Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

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In all cases, the actual UNH and USNH policies and official procedures will prevail. Such policies and procedures are subject to change.

The language in this document does not pertain to faculty in the collective bargaining unit.

As questions arise,
Research Faculty should contact
their unit’s chief financial officer
(Business Service Center [BSC] director)

List of BSC directors

Return to Overview:
UNH Research Faculty Policy Guide

UNH Research Faculty Policy Guide

Employment and Benefits Policies Guidance for UNH Research Faculty

The Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research compiled this guide in an attempt to clarify the policies that impact UNH Research Faculty, and to distinguish between these official policies and some less effective practices and campus mythology.
The topics included are those about which confusion has been recently expressed.

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As questions arise,
Research Faculty should contact
their unit’s chief financial officer
(Business Service Center [BSC] director)

List of BSC directors

Effort Certification

Effort certification is the mechanism used to verify that salaries and wages charged to each sponsored agreement are reasonable in relation to the actual work performed.

What’s essential?

Principal investigators are responsible for ensuring that all effort commitments for their sponsored programs are: regularly reviewed to reflect actual work performed; consistent with proposed effort; and, ultimately, certified.

Contact Information:

Sponsored Programs Financial Management
Service Bldg., 2nd Floor
51 College Road
Durham, NH 03824

David Browning, Manager

603-862-0609
david.browning@unh.edu

Cost Sharing

Cost sharing is the portion of project costs not reimbursed by the sponsor and may be in the form of cash or in-kind contributions. In a proposal, cost sharing may be offered in response to a requirement from the sponsor (i.e., “mandatory cost sharing”) or may be offered voluntarily (i.e., “voluntary cost sharing”). Cost sharing is most commonly required under federally-sourced grants.

What’s essential

OMB Circular A-110 establishes the following criteria for cost sharing for federally-sourced awards:

Additional Information:

Sponsored Programs Administration
Service Bldg., 2nd Floor
51 College Road
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-4865
Fax: 603-862-3564

kristen.bellio@unh.edu

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