Externally Funded Grants and Contracts
- Effective Date:
- January 5, 1993, amended October 10, 2023
- Board Policy Reference:
- CAM
Purpose
The Chancellor, in conjunction with the appropriate Vice Chancellor, governs participation in any externally funded project.
Guidelines
- The criteria for participation are the following:
- Appropriateness to the institutional purpose
- Support of academic instruction
- Alignment with College District strategic plan
- Institutional control of the administration of the project
- The institution has control of funds from outside agencies and of the procedures that govern externally funded research and/or projects. The acquisition of grants must not conflict with the institution’s purpose or educational activities but should lend support for opportunities to supplement, enhance, or strengthen the institution's programs and activities.
- Permission to apply for external funding is granted solely by the Chancellor or designee following study and evaluation by the appropriate Vice Chancellor and the Grants and Resource Development Office, and other appropriate College personnel. The process for approval through the Grants and Resource Development Office can be found here Grants and Resource Development.
- Budget accounts are established for proceeds from outside agencies and these accounts are to have the same regulations and guidelines as the institutional budget accounts.
- The formulas for establishing salaries, summer salaries, and salary compensation paid from grant monies are the same as those paid from institutional funds.
- The institution shall protect its prerogative to control the activities of outside grants and research through Board policies and oversight by the appropriate Vice Chancellor and the Grants and Resource Development Office.