West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 133 - Higher Education Policy Commission › Title 133 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY COMMISSION › Series 133-48 - Research Trust Fund Program › Section 133-48-6 - Expenditure Compliance Procedures

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
6.1. Uses of Program Funds. When trust funds
				are transferred to institutions for deposit into specific endowments in
				approved scientific disciplines, the participating institutions may use up to
				one hundred (100) percent of the annual investment earnings from the endowments
				to pay the base salaries of newly endowed department chairs, new professorship
				positions, new research scientists and staff positions, including research
				technicians and support personnel, and to fund graduate or undergraduate
				student research fellowships, research infrastructure, and mission support as
				described below.
6.1.a. Chairs. New faculty
				positions, salary supplements to existing faculty positions, and associated
				expenses for those positions, including start-up costs, salaries, benefits,
				travel, and other professional expenses as permitted by university
				policy.
6.1.b. Professorships. New
				faculty positions, salary supplements to existing faculty positions, and
				associated expenses for those positions, including start-up costs, salaries,
				benefits, travel, and other professional expenses as permitted by university
				policy.
6.1.c. Research Scholars.
				Salaries, benefits, and other personnel-related expenses associated with
				non-tenured or recently tenured faculty who exhibit the potential to assume
				chair or professorship positions after tenure has been awarded and/or superior
				scholarly work has been achieved. Research scholars shall have clearly defined
				research agendas that relate specifically to the fields of study envisioned for
				the ultimate occupants of the chairs or professorships.
6.1.d. Research Scientists. Salaries,
				benefits and other personnel related expenses associated with non-tenured
				scientists who exhibit high scientific achievement in the sanctioned areas of
				research.
6.1.e. Research Staff.
				Salaries, benefits, and other personnel-related expenses associated with
				full-time or part-time staff assistants who are directly linked to the research
				activities of an endowed chair, professor, scholar or scientist as defined
				above.
6.1.f. Graduate Fellowships.
				Stipends for outstanding graduate students, which may include travel and other
				expenses as permitted by university policy.
6.1.g. Undergraduate Fellowships. Funds may
				be used to support scholarships for outstanding undergraduate students who are
				directly linked to activities of an endowed chair or professor. These may
				include travel and other expenses as permitted by university policy.
6.1.h. Research Infrastructure. Start-up and
				operating expenses that are directly linked to the research activities of an
				endowed chair, professor, research scholar or research scientist, including
				equipment, materials and supplies, and other research-related expenses as
				permitted by university policy.
6.1.i. Mission Support. Program funds may be
				used to support research and graduate missions at participating institutions.
				Consideration shall be given to expenditures for mission support activities
				such as:
(1) expenditures that enhance the
				research capability of university libraries (i.e., scientific books, journals,
				research materials, media, and equipment);
(2) start-up costs, equipment, and supplies
				that support faculty, graduate student, or undergraduate student research
				activities;
(3) funding for visiting
				scholars, lecture series, and faculty exchanges; and
(4) expenditures for the dissemination of
				research findings (i.e., nationally prominent publications and presentations at
				conferences, symposia, seminars, or workshops). However, priority shall be
				given to mission support expenditures that encourage the research-related
				activities of faculty and students. Expenditures for general personnel expenses
				that are not directly linked to an endowed chair, professor, research scholar,
				or research scientist do not qualify as mission support activities.