The Sponsored Research Matching Fund fund is available to assist with cost-sharing on grant proposals for equipment and faculty research. This fund may also be used to assist with maintenance costs for grant-funded equipment. Proposals that have the highest priority are those for research equipment, student stipends, and supplies for research that involves students; other budget items will be considered depending on the nature of the item and demand for matching funds at that time. The fund may not be used to provide cost-share on faculty salaries (or to free up grant funds to pay for faculty salaries).
Faculty members should submit requests for matching funds to the Coordinator of Sponsored Research (Franci Farnsworth) for consideration by the Dean for Faculty Development and Research.
Faculty members may request maintenance costs for grant-funded equipment for the life of the grant or for three years after the warranty expires. Funds will be committed on the basis of the actual cost of a maintenance contract or a reasonable estimate of the costs to maintain a piece of equipment.
The College recognizes that matching funds must be committed well in advance of when they will be needed and that not all grant proposals with cost-share commitments will be funded. For that reason the matching fund is managed on a multi-year basis; commitments may exceed the current year's funding (and may in some cases be made from future years' funding); at the end of each fiscal year, the College puts any unexpended matching funds into a reserve account that can be drawn on in future years if necessary (when more grant proposals with cost-share commitments are funded than anticipated).