Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:52:40 -0400
From: Jane Waters <jewaters@mtu.edu>
To: acadforum-l@mtu.edu
Subject: Graduate Tuition Support Pool (from Jackie Huntoon)
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Michigan Tech Memo
To: Campus Researchers
From: Jackie Huntoon, Dean, Graduate School
Re: Graduate Tuition Support Pool
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During the past few years, it has become increasingly common for
sponsors of externally funded research to disallow or limit the amount
of tuition that can be charged to the sponsor. To address this issue the
Graduate School has requested and received funding for a pool from which
tuition charges can be drawn in cases where the sponsor explicitly
disallows or limits tuition charges.
In the near future, Michigan Tech’s Research and Sponsored Programs
Office will be adding questions to the transmittal sheet that will be
used to determine eligibility for receiving partial or full tuition
support from the Graduate School’s Graduate Tuition Support Pool (GTSP).
These questions will be posed to researchers at the time of submission
so that the sponsor’s rules regarding tuition payments are documented,
while solicitations and requests for proposals are still widely
available. The questions will be:
· Are tuition charges explicitly prohibited or limited by the sponsor?
(yes, no)
· If yes, to what amount are the charges limited? ___________
Rules for use of GTSP funds:
· Tuition support will only be made available to students who are being
paid full stipends by an external sponsor that explicitly limits or
disallows tuition charges.
· Tuition support from GTSP will only be made available for a maximum of
9 credits (plus required fees) per semester during the academic year and
a maximum of 1 credit (plus required fees) during summer semesters.
· Students who receive full stipend support from externally sponsored
programs that limit or disallow tuition (e.g., NSF Graduate Research
Fellowships) will be eligible to receive GTSP funds in accordance with
the sponsor’s guidelines.
· No commitments will be made in the form of cost-share from the GTSP at
the proposal stage. Once an award is received, GTSP dollars will be
awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, pending availability of funds.
· Researchers and departments must communicate clearly with students who
may be partially supported with GTSP funds that their support will be
made available pending the availability of funds.
· If tuition is allowed but limited by the sponsor, GTSP funds may only
be used to cover the portion of full-time tuition that exceeds the
sponsor’s limit.
· The GTSP is not to be used for proposals that require a mandatory
match. Mandatory cost share will only be made available via the existing
Graduate Student Cost Share (GACS) program. More information about GACS
can be found at [http://www.gradschool.mtu.edu/policies/gacs.html ].
Administration:
· The Research and Sponsored Programs Office will administer transmittal
sheets, as is currently done, and will communicate applicable proposal
and award activity to the Graduate School.
· The Graduate School will distribute funding and track expenditures
(current and anticipated) through collaboration with Research Accounting.
Summary:
This will be a new program and the funding for it is limited. At this
time, we are uncertain exactly how much demand there will be for these
funds. Everyone in the Graduate School and Research and Sponsored
Programs Offices asks that researchers bear with us and be patient as we
work to improve support for research and graduate education at Michigan
Tech. As we become aware of the true demand for these funds, we will
make appropriate budget requests for future fiscal years.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.
--
Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Ph.D.
Dean of the Graduate School
Michigan Technological University
410 Administration Building
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
Email: jeh@mtu.edu
Voice: 906.487.2327
Fax: 906.487.2284