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NIH Salary Cap Guidelines. Presented to Campus-Wide Business Managers March 15, 2012. NIH Salary Cap Guidelines. Awards issued prior to December 23, 2011 use the Executive Level I salary ($199,700) Awards issued on or after December 23, 2011 use the Executive Level II salary ($179,700).
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NIH Salary Cap Guidelines Presented to Campus-Wide Business Managers March 15, 2012
NIH Salary Cap Guidelines • Awards issued prior to December 23, 2011use the Executive Level I salary ($199,700) • Awards issued on or after December 23, 2011 use the Executive Level II salary ($179,700)
Notice on Salary LimitationNOT-OD-12-035 January 20, 2012 • Competing grant applications and contract proposals that include a categorical breakdown in the budget figures/business proposals should continue to reflect the ACTUAL institutional base salary of all individuals for whom reimbursement is requested. • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-035.html
UTHSC Procedures • All proposals should include full institutional base salary (regardless of whether it exceeds the salary cap). • When a grant is awarded, individual salaries should be charged based on the applicable cap in accordance with the award Issue Date. • Salary in excess of the cap should be charged to non-federal resources. • A cost share form should also be completed and routed to Sponsored Projects Accounting
UTHSC Procedures(cont.) • If your department has investigators with salary that exceeds either the new or old salary cap, you need to examine their grants/contracts to insure you have properly accounted for the excess salary in the past.
If Salaries Have Not Been Properly Accounted For • If salaries have not been correctly charged to grants / contracts in the past. • Pay funding changes should be processed to correctly charge the excess salary to non-federal sources. • When examining past charges, you need to go back to the start of the current budget period, as indicated on the Notice of Grant Award. • Cost Transfer Explanation Forms are required !!!
Questions ? ? ? Call Sponsored Projects Accounting 8-5571