Wright State University

Proposal Budgeting Information

Federally-Negotiated Fringe Benefit Rates and Estimates for Future Years*

			ESTIMATED RATES
	07/08	08/09	09/10	10/11
Faculty - Full-Time (i.e., 51% FTE or greater)	25.6%	27.0%	27.5%	28.0%
Faculty (Part-Time, Overload, Summer, Retirees)	13.2%	14.2%	14.7%	15.2%
Full-Time Unclassified Staff	38.4%	32.5%	33.5%	34.5%
Part-Time Unclassified Staff	15.0%	15.0%	15.5%	16.0%
Full-Time Classified Staff	46.5%	51.0%	51.5%	52.0%
Part-Time Classified Staff	15.0%	15.0%	15.5%	16.0%
Residents	50.6%	64.0%	65.0%	66.0%
PERS-Covered Students	13.4%	14.4%	14.9%	15.4%
Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs)	May be eligible for tuition remission; see tuition schedule below.
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Employees	No fringe benefits.

Note: Estimated rates are our best guesses based on experience of previous two years, and are subject to change as actual rates are established.

*See also Controller's Office for further details on current rates.

Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Rates

For background information on F&A rates, click here. (The approval date for these provisional rates is April 16, 2003; cognizant agency is DHHS.)

Effective 7/1/2003 through 6/30/2009
Organized Research, On-Campus	43.5%
Organized Research, Off-Campus	26%
Other Sponsored Activities, On Campus	28%
Other Sponsored Activities, Off Campus	21%

Rates are to be applied to modified total direct costs, consisting of all salaries and wages, fringe benefits, materials, supplies, services, travel, and subgrants and subcontracts up to the first $25,000 of each subgrant or subcontract (regardless of the period covered by the subgrant or subcontract). Modified total direct costs shall exclude equipment, capital expenditures, charges for patient care, tuition remission, rental costs of off-site facilities, scholarships, and fellowships as well as the portion of each subgrant and subcontract in excess of $25,000.

Equipment means an article of nonexpendable, tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $3,000 or more per unit.

Graduate Tuition*

Click here for rates. Because of unsettled state funding issues, it is very difficult to project tuition levels in future years. The Wright State Office of Budget Planning & Resource Analysis currently believes the best guess is in the neighborhood of 6% increases per year. Accordingly, RSP will use an average rate of 6% for external proposal budgeting purposes.

*See also below on tuition waivers.

Student Wages

The Hiring Process and the Need to Have a Position Classified
Student Employment Position Classifications and Pay Rates
Student Employment Manual

NOTE: The maximum hours an undergraduate student may work is up to 20 hours (30 hours with a GPA of 3.0 or higher) a week during the academic year and up to 40 hours a week during the summer. The maximum an hourly graduate student may work is 30 hours a week during the academic year and 40 hours a week in the summer.

Graduate Research Assistant Stipend Costs Recommended Levels per Quarter
	Effective 9/1/2007
	Masters	Ph.D.
Science and Math (excl. Psych. & Env. Sci.)	$4,333	$5,625 (BMS only)
Psychology	$4,140	$4,140
Environmental Sciences (EVS)	n/a	$5,500
Engineering	$3,000-4,000	$3,750-5,000

For graduate assistant stipends in other schools/colleges, contact the appropriate business officer.

Tuition Waivers for Graduate Research Assistants

Pursuant to a July 21, 1992, memo from Vice President Hathaway to Deans, for graduate research assistants charged to a ledger 6 account:

$2,500

Salary Increases

We are currently estimating increases of 4% each year, effective for FY06, and accumulated annually from that date. The 4% figure is based on average salary increases for the past several years. Individual proposals may use somewhat different escalation factors depending upon the context. For example, if an NIH program limits salary increases to 3% per year, then a 3% escalator should be used in proposals submitted to that program.

Calendar Year Information:

Calendar Year -	2080 hours, 260 days
Academic Year -	1560 hours, 195 days
Hours per month -	173.33

Research Positions Salary Schedule (effective 3/1/2004)

A. Paid Hourly:

Pay Grade	Title	Rank Code	Pay Range*
-N/A-	Research Apprentice/Aide (e.g., Summer HS Student)	99702	$7.00 - $10.02
R1	Research Support Technician	99971	$10.50 - $16.00/hour
R2	Research Technician	39011	$10.50 - $16.00/hour

*Payment shall be within the range minimum to maximum. However, the hiring rate is not restricted to the minimum rate but may be determined by the P.I. and Department Chair based on the new employee's documented previous education/experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications.

B. Paid Monthly:

Pay Grade	Title	Rank Code	Pay Range**
Pay Grade	Title	Rank Code	Min	CP	Max
R3	Research Assistant	39087	$27,000	$35,000	$43,000
R4	Research Associate	39038	$35,000	$45,000	$57,500
R5	Senior Research Associate	39073	$44,000	$57,200	$73,200
-N/A-	Postdoctoral Researcher	39005	$36,700 (current NIH guideline)	No Range Maximum
-N/A-	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	39004	sponsor/grant determined	No Range Maximum
-N/A-	Research Scientist	39006	$50,000	No Range Maximum

**Explanations of abbreviations:
(Min) - Minimum salary for this classification.
(CP) - Control point rate, the target salary level for a "fully effective" person in this classification. "Fully effective" means experienced enough to do the job with minimal supervision.
(Max) - Maximum salary for this classification.

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