Section 8-B1700. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

1700.1Sponsored program personnel shall include the following:

 

(a)Employees in non-appropriated budget positions; and

 

(b)All grant and contract appointments.

 

1700.2Sponsored program personnel shall be subject to University policies, including the provisions of this subtitle, except as follows:

 

(a)When employment terms and conditions are specifically stipulated otherwise in a sponsored grant contract; or

 

(b)When the applicability of this subtitle to sponsored program personnel is specifically modified or excluded under the provision of this chapter.

 

1700.3All sponsored program personnel appointments shall be subject to the duration and terms of the grant or contract.

 

1700.4Sponsored program personnel shall not be considered permanent employees of the University.

 

1700.5The employment of sponsored program personnel shall be based on the availability of funds as set forth in the grant or contract between either a private or public agency and the University.

 

1700.6The employment commitment of sponsored program personnel, where applicable, shall be for the aggregate number of months of the life of the applicable contract.

 

1700.7The University shall have no automatic responsibility for employment beyond the expiration date of the sponsored program contract under which an employee is hired.

 

1700.8In instances where an approved joint appointment by the University is made under which an employee serves both as a member of the faculty and as a member or director of a grant or contract project, the notice of appointment shall state the specific conditions of the appointment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.