Policy on Supplementation of Major Outside Fellowship Awards
For Letters and Science and School of Education Faculty Only
To insure that faculty are able to accept prestigious outside fellowship awards without a substantial income reduction, the Graduate School is partnering with the College of Letters and Science and the School of Education to supplement the salaries of recipients of the following major fellowship awards:
NEH, Guggenheim, ACLS
Supplementation will be provided based on the approved salary for the year the award is taken, minus the total amount granted by the agency for the fellowship (example: $45,000 salary minus $35,000 fellowship = $10,000 supplement). Calculations will be made as follows: Letters & Science or School of Education will provide up to 2/9ths salary; the Graduate School will match the college/school supplement up to 2/9ths, subject to the recipient's eligibility for salary funds (a total of 4.5/9ths over a three year period). The total award cannot exceed the Regents approved academic year (9 month) salary. (Example: $45,000 salary minus $35,000 fellowship = $10,000 supplement: 1/9th or $5,000 from College plus 1/9th or $5,000 from the Graduate School.) If the outside fellowship will be taken for a semester, the supplementations will be based on half the academic year salary.
To request supplementation, recipients should notify the appropriate deans in their college/school and in the Graduate School as soon as they learn of receipt of the award.
Applicants for one of the above award may still submit an application to the Graduate School's Fall Competition for funding other that the academic year salary supplementation (summer funding, PA, flexible funds for research, etc.), or for insurance against the outside award. Summer funding would count in calculating the recipient's eligibility.
For awards other than those named above, supplementation may be sought on an individual basis directly to the school or college, and/or through the Research Committee Fall Competition only. Applicants should note on the application that an outside application is pending or to-be-submitted, and indicate the average stipend awarded by the agency.