The PSC-CUNY Research Award Program does not support student stipends or tuition costs for either the Principal Investigator or any assistant. Employment of non-CUNY students requires permission from the University Committee on Research Awards. Post-doctoral Assistants may be supported up to the amount allowable for graduate students. A Principal Investigator may not hire another full-time faculty member as a research assistant. Please provide a complete job description for all research staff.
All employees receive statutory benefits.
Additional Foundation benefits are available to project employees scheduled for at least four consecutive months and 20 or more hours per week, employment. Principal Investigators receiving summer salary may be eligible for a contribution to the TIAA-CREF annuity program. Eligibility will be determined in accordance with Research Foundation policies. Include the fringe benefit rates in the Budget on page 2 of the proposal. All salary and wage payments to foreign nationals are subject to fringe benefit charges.