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Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship Program (GIA)
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General
areas of support include personnel such as graduate or undergraduate research
assistants, operating supplies and services, equipment and limited travel.
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EXPENDITURES ALLOWED |
EXPENDITURES NOT ALLOWED |
PERSONNEL |
- Salary/fringe support for grad or ugrad research assistants;
partial support for post-doc and civil service personnel. See
the Personnel Grid for details on the maximum allotment
of $30,311. Note that this maximum is PER GRANT APPLICATION,
not per year.
- Non-U of M personnel, e.g. consultants, honoraria, artistic commissions (may
not exceed $3000 or 20% of total GIA project cost, whichever
is smaller)
- Research Subject payments
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- Faculty or visiting faculty salary support
- Regular, full-time civil service salary support (exception category
7)
- Support for personnel to edit or index publication material or
to word process manuscripts or proposals
- Subcontracts
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OPPERATING SUPPLIES AND SERVICES |
- General operating supplies and services for this project, includes
computer supplies and software, if clearly necessary for the
project.
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- Computer time charges for U of M computer use
- U of M computer time application fee
- Books, subscriptions, reprints, publication costs
- Utilities (e.g. phone lines)
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TRAVEL |
- Transportation and/or per diem expenses to a) gather data or
use resources otherwise not available, or b) work with other
colleagues on research of mutual interest. (Most
scholarly meetings and conferences intended primarily
to report on research are not appropriate.) Rates
and other travel information can be found at http://travel.umn.edu/.
Rates should be reduced proportionately for longer visits in
one locale, when it should be possible to make more economical
arrangements.
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- Travel to sabbatical and single semester leave sites from Minnesota
and return. Travel and per diem expenses for single
semester leave and sabbatical sites to another site (“side
trips”) for strictly research purposes may be considered.
- Travel expenses associated with professional meetings, conferences,
and short courses
- Fees and expenses associated with conferences
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EQUIPMENT OR RENTS AND LEASES |
- Minor or major equipment, including computer equipment, if
specifically needed for the purpose of the proposed project (e.g.
extensive data analysis, modeling, simulations) Note
that acquisition of most computer hardware and peripherals is
considered a collegiate and/or departmental responsibility.
- Cat. 2 requests must include a 30-50% match. Non/Cat.
2 requests of capital equipment may be required to provide cost sharing.
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- Laptop computers, when these can be borrowed form the college
or rented from University Computer Services
- Computers to be used for general word processing purposes or
when any other departmental computer could be used
- Small, general-purpose items
- Furniture
- Maintenance contracts
- Charges to connect to a network
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PERSONNEL GRID
While the University’s FY10 salary range for a
graduate research assistant is $13,065 - $20,350 for a 2-semester, 50%
time appointment ($16.75/hr - $26.09/hr), the Grant-in-Aid Program uses
a standard allotment of $30,311 (salary and fringe combined), for a 2-semester,
50% time appointment (salary = $21.00/hr). Use this standard
allotment when figuring your request for Personnel salary and fringe. Examples for Graduate
RAs are provided below. Please note that $30,311 is
the maximum amount allowed for Personnel expenses per Grant-in-Aid award,
not per year. If awarded a Grant-in-Aid, the faculty member must pay his/her RA no less than the standard rate as indicated in the grid below. Additional information regarding graduate research
assistantships is available from the Graduate Assistant Employment Services website or
612-624-7070. Information and rates for Undergraduate
RAs and other student classifications can be obtained from
the human resources staff in your department or college.
*Sample
graduate RA expense calculations
(rounded to the nearest dollar)
These rates are estimates for the academic
year 2008-2009
Other percentages and time periods should be figured proportionately
and rounded to the nearest dollar. |
#Semesters - % Time |
# Hours
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Salary |
Fringe*
(tuition + health ins) |
Total |
2 - 50% |
780 |
16,380 |
13,931
(11,170 + 2,761) |
30,311 |
2 - 25% |
390 |
8,190 |
6,966
(5,585 + 1381) |
15,156 |
1 – 50% |
390 |
8,190 |
6,966
(5,585 + 1,381) |
15,156 |
1 - 25% |
195 |
4,095 |
3,482
(2,792 + 690) |
7,577 |
NA |
1 |
21.00 |
17.86
(14.32 + 3.54) |
38.86 |
*Formula for fringe = $14.32/hr in FY10 for tuition + 16.84%
of salary for health insurance. If the RA works during
the summer, fringe will be calculated differently; for budgeting purposes
however, use the above rates. If you choose to hire a graduate
research assistant requiring the extra FICA fringe component of 8.16%,
it will be necessary for you to adjust the term of appointment
to cover the additional cost. Contact your departmental administrative
budget officer with questions.
Revised 04/09
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