Faculty and Gradate Assistants on 9 or 9.5-month appointments are eligible to receive summer appointments. There are two types of summer appointments available:

1. Summer Pay – used to compensate a faculty member for administrative work completed in the summer. The maximum amount of summer pay a faculty member can earn over the 3-month summer period is 30% of their 9-month salary (10% per month). Summer pay cannot be charged to grant or contract accounts.
2. Summer Research – used to compensate a faculty member or Graduate Assistant for research conducted in the summer. The maximum amount of summer research that can be earned over the 3-month summer period is 33.3% of an individuals 9/9.5-month salary (11.1% per month). Summer research is usually paid from a sponsored grant or contract account. Summer research paid from non-sponsored funds (i.e. startup funds, retention funds, other College or University funds), require that the faculty member submit a research plan via Workday once the transaction is routed to them. All plans must be approved by the Dean or Dean’s delegate. The faculty member will also be required to submit a brief report in this system prior to August 30th detailing what they accomplished over the summer.  PLEASE NOTE: Projects funded by NSF have a summer research max of 2-months (22.22%) over all NSF projects. Exceptions to this rule requires written permission from the NSF program officer funding the project.
   Please review the current Summer Work Dates from the Office of the Provost.

Setting Up Summer Appointments

Faculty – Summer appointments are processed starting in May. Faculty should work with their Business Managers to identify summer salary funding sources. The Business Managers will upload any summer requests onto the project management website (monday.com).

Graduate Assistants (GA) – Faculty requesting summer appointments for graduate students should complete the INFO College Graduate Assistant Appointment Form and submit this to their Business Manager. The Business Managers will upload any summer requests onto the project management website (monday.com). Please keep in mind that current Graduate Assistants on 9.5-month appointments will not be paid in the summer without a unique Summer Appointment.

Additional Notes on GA Summer Appointments

• GAs can receive summer salary for appointments at 10 hours/week or 20 hours/week.
• 10-hour/week GAs are eligible for a total of 4 credits of tuition remission during all summer sessions.
• 20-hour/week GAs are eligible for a total of 8 credits of tuition remission during all summer sessions.