TIME & EFFORT Dr. John Smith received an NSF award for which he applied. If Dr. Smith worked 40 hours on a sponsored project in a given time period and 25 hours in the same given time period on an unrelated University project, then how much effort did Dr. Smith apply toward the NSF project? 40 hours / (40 + 25 = 65 total hours) = 61.5% effort How much effort did Dr. Smith apply toward the non sponsored effort? 25 hours / (40 + 25 = 65 total hours) = 38.5% effort Dr. Jones received an NIH award for which she applied. If Dr. Jones worked 120 hours on a sponsored project in a given time period and 60 hours in the same given time period on an unrelated University project, then how much effort did Dr. Jones apply toward the NIH project? % How much effort did Dr. Jones apply toward the non sponsored effort? % 1
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How many months effort is 10% effort over 12 calendar months? How many months effort is 10% effort over 9 academic months? How many months effort is 75% effort over 3 summer months?.10 X 12 = 1.2 months effort.10 X 9 = 0.9 months effort.75 X 3 = 2.25 months effort How many months effort is 25% effort over 12 calendar months? How many months effort is 36% effort over 9 academic months? How many months effort is 33.3% effort over 3 summer months? Dr. Susie Jones is writing for a National Institutes of Health grant. The request for applications allows a 2 year project period with a starting date no earlier than July 1, 2013. Dr. Jones applies for the grant with a beginning date of July 1, 2013 and a project end date of June 30, 2015. Dr. Jones has an academic year (9 month appointment) workload allocation of 60% teaching, 25% research, 10% outreach and 5% service. She believes she will need to be released from 2 of her courses each year, where each course is equivalent to 15% of her academic year workload. Dr. Jones also believes she will need 1 summer month in the first project year and 2 summer months in the second project year in order to complete the scope of the project. project year 1? 0 Calendar Months her effort is not consistent across calendar year (2 X.15 =.30 effort) X 9 month appointment = 2.7 months effort 1 summer month as listed 2.7 academic months + 1 summer month = 3.7 Total Months project year 2? 3
Dr. Jones project is also data collection intense; therefore, she plans to hire 9 graduate students at.50 FTE on a 12 month appointment in project year 1. Dr. Jones will reduce the number of graduate students to 2 at.50 FTE on a 12 month appointment for data analysis in project year 2. How many Calendar Months, Academic Months and/or Summer Months do the graduate students require in project year 1?.50 effort X 12 months X 9 GRAs = 54.0 Calendar Months 0 academic months effort is consistent across calendar year 0 summer months effort is consistent across calendar year How many Calendar Months, Academic Months and/or Summer Months do the graduate students require in project year 2? Dr. Smith has a 9 month appointment in a college with a workload policy that equates one three credithour course to 12% of his academic year effort. Dr. Smith believes his effort on an NSF sponsored project will require two months of effort. Dr. Smith intends to buy out of one academic year course on this NSF funded project and he wants the remaining effort to occur during the summer. [Note: As a general policy, NSF limits salary compensation for senior project personnel to no more than two months of their regular salary in any one year. This limit includes compensation received from all NSF funded grants.] How much Academic Month effort will Dr. Smith have on the proposal? How much Summer Month effort will Dr. Smith have on the proposal? 4
Current and Pending Dr. Jones is on a 9 month appointment and is applying for an Institute of Education Sciences grant. The request for application requires her to provide a document listing her current and pending funding as an annual percentage of time. She does not have any current funding. This IES proposal is her only pending funding. She has written this proposal for 36% Academic Month effort and 1 Summer Month in project year 1. She has also included 30% Academic Month effort and 2 Summer Months in project year 2. project year 1? 0 Calendar Months her effort is not consistent across calendar year.36 effort X 9 months = 3.24 Academic Months 1 Summer Month as listed 3.24 Academic Months + 1 Summer Month = 4.24 Total Months Effort How much annual percentage of effort has she proposed in project year 1? 4.24 Total Months Effort / 12 Calendar Months = 35.3% Annual Effort project year 2? How much annual percentage of effort has she proposed in project year 2? 5