Research faculty, research associates, and post-doctorate salaries are based on a variety of time periods. Therefore, to obtain a month of salary for these types of individuals, the salary should be divided by the number of months in the contract period.  To obtain a daily rate, multiply the annual salary by .00385. For multi-year budgets within proposals, it is customary to increase budgeted salaries by approximately 4%.

There are 70 work days in the summer and 5 work days over the winter break for which a PI can budget for research activities.

Graduate Students

Graduate students can be hired under one of the following scenarios:

Research Internship:  External sponsors may support research and design projects by CSM students through Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA) or Research Internships (RI). GRA appointments are for work done primarily on campus or under the direct supervision of a CSM faculty member, and they will continue to be governed by the regular research contract policies and procedures. RI appointments are for work done primarily at the sponsor's location and under the sponsor's supervision, and they will be governed by the following policies and procedures: Research Internship Policy.

Undergraduate Students

Fringe Benefits

For academic and administrative faculty, the fringe benefit rate for FY09 is 28.1%; for research faculty, research associates, post-docs, visiting scholars/faculty, and anyone on a research contract, the rate is 26.3%. For classified staff, i.e. secretaries, administrative assistants, technicians, the rate is 23.1%.  For retirees and temporary positions, the rate is 14%. 

Anyone who is currently retired and collecting PERA can work up to 110 days per year.

The fringe benefit rates are subject to change each new CSM fiscal year (July 1).  For multi-year budgets within proposals, it is customary to increase the fringe benefit rate by 1% each year.

• Resident Tuition:
  
  $4,905/term -- 9 through 15 credit hours
  $1,907/summer - 4 hours or less
  
  
• Fees:  $714.38 per semester (Fall/Spring) and $387.00 (Summer)
  
  
• Health Insurance:  $740/semester ($984 for new students).  (If a student is insured in the spring, he or she will automatically be covered in the summer.)
  
  

Please note:  Graduate students on TAs and RAs are eligible to apply for a CSM fellowship that will cover the difference between resident and non-resident tuition.  Therefore, we are using only resident tuition in research budgets unless we are told of an exception.

We will apply an inflation rate of 7% to tuition, fees and health insurance for fall of 2009 and subsequent years of a budget.  These costs are subject to change each fall (beginning of academic year).

Indirect Cost Rates

Per OMB Circular A-21, Subsection G7, dated 5/8/96, "Agencies shall use the finalized rates for indirect costs throughout the life of a sponsored agreement. 'Life' for the purpose of this subsection means each competitive segment of a project. When an educational agency does not have a finalized rate at the time of an award, the provisional rate used at the time of an award shall be adjusted once the rate is finalized by the cognizant agency."

Proposals funded prior to the start of each new fiscal year at the previous year's rate will be set up at these rates for the total duration of the research project. Proposals funded after the start of each new fiscal year will be assessed the newly proposed rates once approved by the Office of Naval Research. These new rates will be implemented back to July 1, the start of the fiscal year.

The rates for FY 2009 are:

On-Campus Organized Research:  46.35%
Off-Campus Organized Research:  26.0%
 

Those research groups formally recognized by CSM as Centers will receive indirect cost return on a monthly basis as long as the on-campus research rate is used. This rate of return, based on the fluctuating on-campus overhead rate, is subject to change each fiscal year.  For information on how to form a Center, please see "Establishing a Center/Institute."

When to Use Which Rates

On-Campus Research Rate. Proposals will use this rate unless they qualify for the Off-Campus or Other Sponsored Activities Rates, or an exception.

Other Sponsored Programs. To qualify for this rate, the proposed project cannot involve the performance of work in instruction and organized research. The decision as to whether or not a specific proposal qualifies for this rate must be approved by the Vice President for Research.

Off-Campus Rate. To qualify for this rate, more than 50% of the research work must be done by CSM employees at an off-campus site.  If any CSM equipment, facilities, or personnel (other than administrative) are used in the research, they must appear as a line item in the proposal budget. The decision as to whether or not a proposal qualifies for the off-campus rate can be made by the Manager of Proposal Preparation in ORS.

Exceptions. All items in a budget are overheaded except for the following:

Permanent Equipment - equipment with a life expectancy of greater than one year and a unit cost of $5,000 or greater.  If a piece of equipment is to be fabricated, the smaller items which will go into the fabrication of the equipment should not be overheaded, as long as the description of the finished piece of equipment fits the above definition.  Items under $5,000 purchased to modify an existing piece of equipment worth $5,000 or greater qualify as permanent equipment.  Items under $5,000 which are considered an integral part of a system will also be considered permanent equipment.  Fiscal Services should be notified at the time of purchase, and the items should be coded 5909. (NOTE: While computers are considered permanent equipment, software licensing fees are not. However, a unit of computer software with a cost of $5,000 or greater is exempt from indirect costs.)

Tuition, fees, and health insurance

Financial aid (scholarships and fellowships)

Rental charges

Construction (if construction amount is over $50,000. If under $50,000, the item is considered to be repairs and is overheaded.)

Subcontract costs exceeding $25,000, per subcontract. If a subcontract runs for more than one year, only the first $25,000 in the first year of the charge is overheaded.

Conferences, Workshops, Short Courses and Other Educational Activities. On conferences, workshops, short courses and other educational activities that are organized and run by CSM's continuing education office, CSM will apply the off-campus indirect cost rate of 26%. In order for a proposal to qualify for this, more than 2/3 of the total cost of the project must be budgeted for expenditure by CSM's continuing education office.