Weather Update
Due to the storm, Barnard College closed at 4pm Friday, for non-essential personnel. “Essential personnel" include staff in Facilities, Public Safety and Residence Halls.
Friday evening and weekend classes are cancelled but events are going forward as planned unless otherwise noted. The Athena Film Festival programs are also scheduled to go forward as planned but please check http://athenafilmfestival.com/ for the latest information.
The Barnard Library and Archives closed at 4pm Friday and will remain closed on Saturday, Feb. 9. The Library will resume regular hours on Sunday opening at 10am.
Please be advised that due to the conditions, certain entrances to campus may be closed. The main gate at 117th Street & Broadway will remain open. For further updates on college operations, please check this website, call the College Emergency Information Line 212-854-1002 or check AM radio station 1010WINS.
3:12 PM 02/08/2013
Faculty members may request funds from external agencies and foundations, e.g. NIH and NSF, to “buy out” some of their time and reduce their teaching load in order to concentrate their efforts on their grant-supported research. The rate at which a course is “bought” depends on a person’s teaching load, and is computed as follows:
The first course bought off is billed at the salary and benefit equivalent of half of the FTE of the course in question, i.e. a course for someone on a four course load is bought off from a grant at .125 FTE of salary and benefits (half of 0.25); a course for someone on a five course load is bought off from a grant at .10 FTE of salary and benefits (half of 0.2). Any course buy-out above the first one is bought at the full fractional FTE, i.e. .25 or .20. So, to buy out two courses on a four course load, .375 FTE. of salary and benefits should be budgeted.
A course that is being bought off privately (self-funding) would be at the full fractional FTE.
For further information about procedures, consult the Grants Handbook and the Grants Manager.
