OPE Subsidy Request

Incoming faculty may have a choice between leaving an existing award at their prior institution or transferring the award to the UO. As an incentive and to ensure that all of the aims of the grant can be met if an award is transferred, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) will use F&A reimbursements to subsidize the cost differential in fringe benefits (Other Personnel Expenses, OPE) between the original institution and the University of Oregon. This program is to cover OPE differentials only and cannot be applied to adjust/accommodate differences in a faculty member’s institutional base salary between their prior institution and UO.

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Eligibility


Incoming tenure-track faculty and non-tenure track research professor faculty (any rank) who are transferring sponsored awards to the university are automatically eligible to receive this subsidy, subject to OVPRI verification and approval under the guidelines and limitations of this policy.


Other career research faculty (research assistant, research associate, research engineers etc.) requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and require written approval by the VPRI prior to transferring the award. Pro tem faculty and post docs are not eligible for this program at this time.

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Grant Transfer Information

To qualify, awards must meet the following conditions.

  1. The amount being transferred to UO must be at least $25,000.
  2. The OPE rates at UO must exceed the OPE rates of the previous institution.
  3. There must be more F&A collected (after utilities costs are deducted, currently 13.5%) than the cost of the differential.

Please upload a spreadsheet to show your calculations for this request. Please reach out to SPS for a template Excel document to use to generate the amount.

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