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[Description] Faculty: Cost is expressed as monthly salary X percentage of time X number of months on the project. The percentage of faculty time committed on grants and contracts, whether charged to the agency or contributed by SIUC, cannot total more than the percentage of time approved by their department and college for research activities. This percentage of effort should be based on the size of the project, and should be agreed upon by the chairs of the departments/units involved. The percentage of time cited in the budget for all project personnel is a legally binding, auditable commitment. Administrative/professional staff: Includes researcher/scientist classifications and other types of positions. Cost is expressed as monthly salary X percentage of time X number of months on the project. Civil service staff: Cost is usually expressed as an hourly rate X number of hours per month X number of months on the project. Postdoctoral fellows: Compensation for postdoctoral fellows is negotiable, but must be at least the full-time monthly rate for doctoral-level graduate assistants in the principal investigator's department. Cost is expressed as monthly salary x percentage of time x number of months on the project. Although a fellow may work on more than one grant, postdoctoral fellowships are 100%, 12-month appointments (i.e., there are no part-time postdoc positions). Graduate assistants: Salary rates vary by level (master's vs. Ph.D.) and by unit. Graduate students on grants are paid the rate set for the principal investigator's department. Cost is expressed as monthly salary (100% salary in column B of the Excel spreadsheet) X percentage of time (50% is standard; put 0.5 in column D of the spreadsheet) X number of months on the project. Student workers: Cost is expressed as hourly wage X number of hours per week X number of weeks on the project. (Student workers may not exceed 29 1/2 work hours per week and are usually limited to 20.) External consultants: Payment is expressed as daily compensation rate X number of consulting days. On agency budget forms, external consultants generally are included under "Contractual Services," "Consultants," or "Other." [Category] 
Salaries & Wages Note that base salaries of current faculty and staff may be adjusted for future budget years for reasonable inflation (ranges from 3% to 5%).
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