Integrity in Research
- Contact:
Dr. Barbara Burch, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Phillip E. Myers, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
TITLES AND ADDRESSES
- Applicant Legal Name:
- Western Kentucky University, or
Western Kentucky University Research Foundation
If you have any doubt about which name to use, please contact the OSP at x5-4652. The WKU Research Foundation and the Office of Sponsored Programs have different addresses.
- Address you should put on cover sheets or cover letters for proposals being sent through the Western Kentucky University Research Foundation:
- WKU Research Foundation
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd. #11016
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1016
- Official Authorized to sign proposals, accept awards, and negotiate:
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Acting for Gary Ransdell, President:
Dr. Phillip E. Myers, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
Executive Director, Western Kentucky University Research Foundation
Tel. (270) 745-4652
Fax (270) 745-4211
Email: phillip.myers@wku.edu
- Office to which checks should be mailed:
- WKU Research Foundation
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd. #11016
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1016
Bureau of Health Professions' Single Point of Contact:
For all business management information between the Grants Management Branch of the Bureau of Health Professions (part of the Department of Health and Human Services), please specify the following information for Western Kentucky University's designated single point of contact:
Phillip E. Myers, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd. #11026
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1026
tel. (270) 745-4652
fax (270) 745-4211
BUDGET INFORMATION
- Indirect (or Facilities and Administrative) cost rates:
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- Cognizant federal agency: DHHS
- Date of agreement: February 8, 2005
- Type of agreement: Predetermined
- Effective: From 07/01/04 to 06/30/08
- Federal negotiated rates change effective July 1 for the next three years:
- Rates for estimating fringes for grant salaries and wages:
(effective for new proposals with project periods begining after 7/1/2005) -
Click here for fringe benefit chart.
If you need to break down the fringes by type of benefit (as Health & Human Services and U.S. Department of Education often require), click here to see a more detailed chart.
- Yearly increases:
- An increase of 5% per year is recommended for salaries in calculating multi-year budgets.
- Calculating salaries:
- Nine-month contract = 180 work days (contract year: August 16 to May 15); 37.5 hours/week in the academic year
Ten-month contract = 200 work days
Twelve-month contract = 240 days
Summer Assignment = 2 five-week periods; 31 days per fiscal year; 35 hours/week
Fiscal Year begins on July 1 each year (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005 is FY 2005)
Minimum wage is $5.85 per hour until June 30, 2008.
Beginning July 1, 2008, minimum wage increases to $6.55 per hour.
Beginning July 1, 2009, minimum wage increases to $7.25 per hour.
- Travel costs: * these rates effective since 7/1/05
- Standard subsistence: $30.00 per diem
- Breakfast: $7.00
- Lunch: $8.00
- Dinner: $15.00
- High-rate subsistence: $36.00 per diem
- Breakfast: $8.00
- Lunch: $9.00
- Dinner: $19.00
- Mileage allowance: $0.44 per mile (beginning 15 August 2007)
- Receipt Requirement: Any expense (e.g.: gratuities, cab fare) over $10 requires a receipt.
Travel questions may be directed to the Office of the Controller at x5-5327. View the WKU Travel Web site at http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/FinAdmin/Travel.htm
HOUSING
If your proposal will involve providing housing in WKU residence halls, you can find out about costs and availability by contacting the Department of Housing and Residence Life, Kit Tolbert, Director of Housing Operations, at x4359.
COST SHARING
Funds from one grant cannot be used as cost-sharing on another. There are various ways to indicate portions of a project's costs to be shared by the institution. This may include:
- the value of faculty and staff salary and fringe benefits if not reimbursed by the sponsor
- cash contributions (funds committed from specific accounts, either departmental, college or institutional)
- the use of university space dedicated to the project at $11.22 per square foot for any type of space (new rate posted 9/14/2005 -- from the 2006-8 Budget Request Guidelines of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as issued by the Legislative Research Committee)
All budgets (including pre-proposal budgets) indicating cost-sharing are subject to institutional approval prior to submission of the proposal (or pre-proposal).
Tips for completing the sign-off sheet: All index numbers, corresponding account codes and amounts
by year(s) must be placed on the cost-sharing table of the sign-off sheet, and columns should be totaled. If applicable,
indirect cost sharing and in-kind cost sharing should be added and included in the total. Explanations of in-kind
cost sharing should be placed in the comments section of the sign-off sheet.
TUITION COSTS
Information about tuition and fees may be obtained from the Bursar in the Billings and Receivables Office, telephone (270) 745-6381. The web address is http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Support/AcadAffairs/Registrar/
TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR MAILING INFORMATION
General information: If you are rushing to meet a deadline for submission of a proposal, it is best to determine in advance which mailing service you are planning to use.
As a general rule, if you intend to use the campus post office in the Downing University Center to send a proposal by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail, the package must be in the post office no later than 2:00 pm to go out in that day's mail.
The Bowling Green 11th Street post office (between College and Center Streets) must have the package no later than 4:30 pm (weekdays) in order to include it in that day's Express Mail shipment.
The Bowling Green Scottsville Road post office must have the package no later than 5:30 pm (weekdays).
PLEASE VERIFY THIS INFORMATION BEFORE MAKING YOUR MAILING PLANS. Contact the appropriate office and ask them when they need to have the package in order for it to reach its intended destination by the deadline.
Last update made February 27, 2008.
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