PAL Program Supplemental Pay, Benefits & Funding
A research fellow may receive supplemental pay while on leave. The amount of the supplemental pay is calculated as follows:
Calculate the financial sacrifice:
The applicant must disclose all salaries, fellowship monies, fringe benefits, per diem, etc., available to them during the proposed leave.
Funds specified explicitly for research or travel expenses will be excluded from the calculation.
Financial Sacrifice = Research Award recipient’s base salary during leave period* – Award Amount
Determine the amount of supplemental pay based on financial sacrifice and the type of award received:
Group 1: Guggenheim and Carnegie Fellows who have received departmental/dean approval in advance will be automatically topped up to 100% of the applicant’s salary (see below). In other words, IU will cover 100% of the financial sacrifice for the actual leave period.
Groups 2-4: Applications for supplements to fellowships in these groups will be approved as funding permits. Recipients of Research Fellowships in Groups 2-4 are eligible to receive supplemental pay equal to the lesser of:
Benefits:
Insurance - When you are placed on a Leave Without Pay, you will be notified by IU Human Resources regarding your options about continuation of benefits. Benefits will continue unless you direct them otherwise. You may receive an invoice for benefits even if you are receiving research pay through IU. You may work with IU HR directly if you have research pay that covers the cost of benefits. They will then discontinue billing you while you are on a leave without pay.
Retirement - IU's contribution to your retirement account will be discontinued during the leave period as this contribution is based upon base salary. Additionally, retirement contributions do not come out of your supplemental pay nor can you make contributions to your IU retirement accounts on an after-tax basis.
Specific questions regarding benefits while on a research leave should be directed to UHRS at askhr@iu.edu
Exceptions to PAL Program Pay and Funding:
An exception to the PAL Program pay amount and IU Funding proportions for research leaves can arise when the leave period does not conform to university semester schedules and is more than four weeks short of covering the semester. For example, consider a leave that is awarded for the period of October 1st – December 31st. The recipient’s sacrifice amount is calculated on 3 months of salary, but the leave period does not offer the opportunity for the recipient to teach courses during the semester during which the leave occurs. The recipient’s home department may choose to top-up the PAL supplemental amount to the maximum allowable for the semester. If a department chooses to top-up a leave, that department will fund the difference in PAL supplemental calculated based on the actual leave period versus a PAL supplemental calculation based on the full semester. Upon approval of the Department Chair, and Executive Associate or Research Dean in the applicable school or college, the uncovered portion can be covered by other teaching assignments such as six or eight week course teaching assignments.