1. Salary and Wages Policy Other Support

2.  Limits salary compensation for senior personnel  Two (2) months of regular salary in any one year  All NSF funded grants.

3.  NSF regards research as one of the normal functions of faculty members at institutions of higher education.  Compensation for time normally spent on research within the term of the appointment is deemed to be included within the faculty member’s regular organizational salary.

4.  NSF Funds many NOT be used to: ◦ Augment the total salary or salary rate of faculty members during the period covered by the term of the faculty appointment, or ◦ To reimburse faculty members for consulting or other time in addition to a regular full-time organizational salary covering the same general period of employment.

5.  Calendar Year Appointment (12 mos) for PI is $120,000 ◦ NSF pays up to $20,000 per year on all NSF projects.  Academic Appointment (9 mos) for PI is $90,000 ◦ NSF reimbursement must be charged to the grant when it is used ◦ NSF pays up to $20,000 during the academic year on all NSF projects.  Summer Salary for PI with $90K academic appointment ◦ NSF pays up to $20K for two summer months ◦ Two months outside of PI appointment term

6.  Salary in excess of two months must: ◦ Be disclosed in the proposal budget ◦ Justified in the Budget Justification ◦ Specifically approved by NSF in the Award Notice

7.  Submitted with your proposal.  All current project support from whatever source.  Include the proposed project  All projects requiring a portion of time of ◦ Principal Investigator ◦ Senior personnel  Even if they receive no salary support from the project(s).

9.  Total award amount  Total award period( including indirect costs )  Number of person-months per year to be devoted to the project (regardless of the source of support) may be averaged if the amount varies each year.  Provide information for all proposals already submitted or submitted concurrently to other possible sponsors, including NSF.

10.  Concurrent submission of a proposal to other organizations will not prejudice its review by NSF.  Biological Sciences Directorate is an exception to this policy, see GPG Chapter I.G.2.  If the project now being submitted has been funded previously by a source other than NSF, the information above must be furnished for the last period of funding.