VPR COST SHARE REQUEST FORM FOR FACULTY START-UP FUNDS

Effective: September 23, 2016

Updated/Revised: February 5, 2017

Contact: Office of the Vice President for Research

Proposed Faculty Hire:

Rank:

Department(s):

Coordinating College:

Proposed Start-up Support Amounts ($) by Fiscal Year and Source of Funding:

Fiscal Year / VPR / College / Dept. / Total
FY
FY
FY
Total

Approvals

Chair

(Printed name)(Signature)Date

Chair

(Printed name)(Signature)Date

Dean (designee)

(Printed name)(Signature) Date

Dean (designee)

(Printed name)(Signature) Date

VPR (designee)

(Printed name)(Signature)Date

PROCESS

  1. Please upload the following to the Cost Sharing – Faculty Developmentwebform,foundhere:
  • Completed and signed Faculty Start-up Form
  • The Candidate’s CV
  • Narrative addressing i) Grant Expectations and ii) Mentoring Plan
  • Narrative addressing equipment needs if applicable (see details below)
  1. A VPR representative will review the form and associated documents, and provide approval. If there are questions about the start-up package, the VPR representative will contact the College Associate Dean for Research.
  2. The VPR Fiscal Officer will notify Department Chairs and College Deans, Associate Deans for Research, Fiscal Officers, and HR Liaisons of approval.

INTERVIEW REQUESTS OR QUESTIONS

To schedule an interview with a candidate, or discuss request before submission:

Dr. Wolfgang Kliemann, Associate Vice President for Research ()

Admin support: Dawn Smith ( or 294-6344)

For questions about status of request:

Jeremy Neppl, VPR Fiscal Officer ( or 294-1869)

REMINDERS

The default proportion for the VPR contribution is 1/3 of the start-up cost. Deviations from this guideline must be discussed with the VPR prior to submitting the request.

Tenured and/or senior faculty hires or new hires with relatively large start-up packages for a given department are to be interviewed by the VPR during their campus visit.

If the prospective faculty member indicates that major equipment is needed, the specific type of equipment should be identified, and the hiring unit should evaluate whether the equipment already exists on campus that can be leveraged.

  • If no suitable equipment exists, the hiring unit should identify whether there are other potential users of the equipment on campus (e.g., other research groups or new research topics that are enabled by equipment).
  • The VPR is prepared to help in gathering information on the presence of equipment elsewhere on campus or on its potential use by other researchers.

The offer letter should include the expectation to pursue an externally sponsored funded research program for any faculty candidate with VPR start-up funding.

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