Faculty Handbook 2020-2021

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2020-21

work assignments may be renegotiated with the department chairs and the Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs.

Elements of Bridge Funds:

(1) The college will maintain an investigator’s percent effort on research at prior grant levels for a period typically not to exceed two years. (2) Laboratory consumables necessary to maintain productivity and development of pilot data for grant applications will be maintained during the bridge funding period. (3) Essential laboratory personnel, as determined by the faculty, Associate Dean, and VPAA, will be supported if possible for a period not to exceed two years if F&A reserves allow. (4) New instrumentation and capital equipment cannot be purchased using bridge funds. The amount of bridge funding will be determined by negotiation with the individual faculty, the Associate Dean, and the VPAA. The amount of bridge funding shall take into account the funding and duration of the faculty’s past grant activity, the size of the research program being supported, any remaining discretionary funds, and the state of the F&A reserve fund.

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