Grant Incentive Program

Purpose

In order to support research growth and external funding Marquette has adopted an incentive program for those who drive grant funding. These funds reward grant active units by supporting future grant activity by way of bridge funding, shared equipment, or other support infrastructure. 

Information

Eligibility Requirements

Units are eligible if PIs charge indirect costs on their grants.

The indirect rate charged to a grant can be found on the Grant (Project) Statement report.  

Processing Timeline

Funds become available the fiscal year after the indirect costs are incurred. After the fiscal year end, time is needed to close the books and have an external audit performed. Grants accounting then identifies the eligible expenses.

The data is then appended to actual grant end dates with considerations for grants that may hold multiple account numbers or those that received extensions.

Spreadsheets containing incentive awards are expected to go out mid to late fall. Units that need to access expected funds before this process is complete may contact the Office of Research and Innovation at innovation@marquette.edu. Bridge funding may be established on a case by case basis.

 

Accessing Funds

Each faculty member who is given incentive funds by their college may establish an account to hold these funds. Incentive accounts use the Responsibility Center or RC format of a 19 prefix, so the account will be xx-19xxx-00000-xxxx. If you do not have an account, your Business Director will be able to help you establish one. Once established they will also be able to help you get a budget loaded through the Office of Research and Innovation using the available amount from their spreadsheet.

Expiration of Funds

Earned funds may be used for the life of the grant, plus two full fiscal years. If a grant ends in FY19, any incentives generated from that grant will expire June 30th, 2021.

Oldest earnings will be used first, minimizing the loss of earnings when possible.

To maximize the impact of the program you should plan on spending at least the amount that is going to expire each year by either direct expenses or by offering it back to your college to support department level expenses.

Tracking of Funds

The Office of Research and Innovation and the unit Business Director will update tracking of the funds every year. Tracking will primarily occur by account.

As new funds become available only once a year, you should be able to take the amount that you were told you had available, minus your current year expenses to find your balance of available funds.

Formula

The current formula is 25% of indirects charged split between the parties identified in the grant effort splits.