Faculty Academic Study Leave
Program (FASP)
FASP provides leaves of one or two semesters to eligible faculty
for projects of academic significance. Three years of service
at the university in the rank of Instructor (or equivalent) or
higher are required for eligibility for a one-semester leave
at 80% of the faculty member's normal compensation during the
period of leave; six years for a one semester leave at 100% normal
compensation or for two semester's leave at 80%. The faculty
member is obligated to resume his/her duties at Rutgers for a
period equivalent to that of the leave.
Competitive Fellowship Leave
Program (CFL)
This program provides the opportunity for supplemental compensation
from university sources for faculty who have been awarded fellowships
in national or international competition for significant academic
purposes to permit the recipient to accept a fellowship at a
stipend lower than his/her scheduled university salary without
major financial sacrifice.
Research Council Grants
This program is funded by the university and makes available
to the faculty on a competitive basis modest support for research
and creative activities. While grant funds may not be used to
supplement salaries, they may be used for the purchase or rental
of equipment and instrumentation; to partially subsidize travel
expenses in connection with research (e.g., to specialized libraries,
archives, laboratories, field sites, museums); for the wages
of research workers such as assistants, indexers, translators,
computer programmers, technicians, consultants; and for the purchase
of experimental animals, feed, and cages.
Research Council Colloquia
Each year the Research Council is authorized to provide support,
or to supplement other sources of support, for colloquia sponsored
by graduate programs. Generally, one colloquium is supported
in the humanities and the arts, a second in the social sciences,
and a third in the sciences.
Grants-to-Obtain-Grants
This program is funded through a portion of the indirect costs
realized by the university on externally-funded research and
provides support for members of the faculty in their efforts
to secure external funding for research, public service, or instructional
programs.
Busch Grants for Biomedical
Research
This program is funded from approximately 20% of the proceeds
of the bequest of Charles and Johanna Busch to the university
in support of biomedical research; the remaining 80%, in accordance
with the terms of the bequest, is divided between the Waksman
Institute of Microbiology and the Bureau of Biological Research.
Eligibility for competition for the Busch Grants, administered
through a committee of faculty representing the biomedical research
disciplines, is limited to faculty who are not affiliated with
the Waksman Institute or the Bureau of Biological Research.
Research and Sponsored Programs
The function of this office is to provide information summarizing
sources of extramural funding for research from governmental
sources and "single purpose" private organizations
and philanthropic foundations with formal programs of research
competition (e.g., American Cancer Society), to assist faculty
in the preparation of proposals, and to monitor the observance
of the research policies of the university in research by faculty,
staff, and students, whether internally, externally, or by private
means. The office, in conjunction with the Rutgers University
Foundation, publishes GrantLines, a monthly on-line newsletter
concerned with funding programs and priorities in both public
and private sectors circulated to faculty and staff; maintains
a reference library related to funding sources and priorities
for use by faculty, staff, and students; conducts occasional
workshops; reviews applications for external research funding
to insure observance of university policies and the regulations
of granting bodies; serves as the administrative agency in support
of the Research Council and related intramural grant programs;
provides administrative support for the committees mandated by
Federal guidelines concerned with human subjects and laboratory
animals; administers the university's programs for the recycling
of a portion of indirect costs on governmentally-sponsored research
and training projects to the generating departments; administers
the cost-sharing program whereby the university funds are dedicated
to post-award fiscal matching.
Office of Corporate Liaison
and Technology Transfer
This office serves functions similar to those of the Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs, but in respect to research sponsorship
from corporate and industrial sources. The office maintains information
about industrial and corporate sponsorship opportunities, assists
in making personal contact between faculty and corporate research
officers, and provides assistance in proposal preparation and
contract negotiation. The office administers the university's
patent and copyright policies.
Division of Grant and Contract
Administration
This office is charged with responsibility for fiscal and administrative
oversight of externally-funded research, training, public service,
and other sponsored projects, regardless of their source of funding.
It assists faculty with post-award administration and interpretation
of cost principles, with obtaining appropriate approvals prior
to committing funds, and with budget adjustments and changes
during project performance; coordinates with the university's
accounting system; monitors adherence to university policies
and agency regulations; provides "authorized official"
signatures required by most funding agencies; authorizes start-up
operations; coordinates audits with sponsoring agencies; and
is responsible for the Personnel Activity Certification Reporting
System required by Federal regulation.
Publication Subvention
The University Research Council occasionally makes grants to
subvene part of the costs of publication of scholarly books by
members of the faculty, provided that the publisher is to be
a university press (or, in unusual and compelling circumstances
only, a scholarly press not associated with a university), that
royalties are to be dedicated to the Research Council until the
costs of subvention have been recovered, and that the total subvention
is less than the costs of publication.
Travel Expense Reimbursement
The university encourages its faculty to participate actively
in meetings and conferences sponsored by scholarly and professional
organizations and recognized scholarly groups. Subject to limitations
of its budget and other guidelines, the university attempts to
defray some portion of the expenses associated with such travel.
