Office of Institutional Advancement

Virginia Union University Grant Funding Incentive Program

Purpose

The purpose of the Grant Funding Incentive Program is to permit Virginia Union University to provide incentives to faculty and staff who secure external grant funds for the University through proposal writing. This is designed to encourage faculty and staff to expand the scope of their professional capacities to include research, training, and development.

Policies

Individuals or departments who receive grant awards receive them on behalf of Virginia Union University. All grants awarded to the University are subject to the policies and procedures of the University as well as the guidelines of the grant and funding agency. The following general principles or policies will guide the process of seeking and securing external funding:

  • Virginia Union University will endorse grant activities provided that the activities will be assessed within the context of the instructional needs and programs of the University to determine whether the grant application should be prepared and submitted.
  • Virginia Union University reaffirms its support of and encouragement for faculty and staff seeking external funding.
  • Virginia Union University encourages submission of grants by a single individual or by multiple individuals.
  • Virginia Union University faculty and staff will have the freedom to choose the type of external funding project (gift or contract) that fits his or her educational and scholarship needs, pending approval of the appropriate Vice Presidents.
  • Virginia Union University expects to recover the maximum allowable indirect costs for any grant application, unless special circumstances warrant otherwise.
  • Virginia Union University cannot guarantee faculty salaries during the summer, thus no release time may be possible during this period of time. In other words, release time must be calculated on the basis of a faculty member’s nine-month salary.
  • Virginia Union University will provide ten (10) percent of the indirect costs derived from the grant to the department(s) and/or the principal investigator(s). This percentage is distributed in equal increments over the life of the grant. The principal investigator must negotiate the terms of this percentage with the department chair and academic dean, and secure approval from the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Funds received by the department(s) must be used to support activities, such as travel, research assistantship salaries, copying charges, independent contractor fees, materials, and software.
If a grant provides no indirect cost, the University will provide no cost to the department or principal investigator.
 
 
 
 
   
Virginia Union University will support faculty and staff members who seek multiple sources of external funding if the grant activities and duties are reasonable and manageable within a given period of time and other duties within the University are satisfied.
Virginia Union University does not authorize the applicant to make commitments for contributed or matching funds without the recommendation of the Department Chair and approval of the appropriate Vice President.
The faculty member(s) who receives a grant award will be responsible for the appropriate supervision, execution, generation of reports and amendments to the project, budget, and dissemination of project outcomes and termination of the project. The Office of Sponsored Programs and Financial Affairs will provide financial oversight of the grant, while the administrative oversight will be facilitated through the appropriate department head.
Distribution of Funds
Funds from indirect costs are made available to the principal investigator(s) in accordance with the terms and budget of grant funding agency and in accordance with the grant and university guidelines.

For more information contact Mrs Janice Fisher or Mrs. Quanda Baker