Full Funding Principle

In every case University negotiators at all levels shall make every attempt to obtain full funding. Full funding includes:

• Direct salaries and on-costs for the position including:

  • Administrative/Secretarial staff
  • Technical staff
  • Research staff

• Computing costs (hardware, software and time at WARCC)

• Cost of experimental animals

• Travel grants according to the current policy on eligibility

• Costs of major items of equipment

• Appointment expenses – advertising, airfares, removals etc

• Study grant costs, in respect to which the case shall specify how the teaching and research will continue during the absence of personnel on study grants

• Cost of necessary new library accessions of monographs and serials

• Administrative overheads (the responsibility of General Services Resources Committee) such as:

  • costs in the Registrar's and Director Finance and Resources Office, insurances
  • telephones and calls
  • car parking costs
  • postage
  • electricity and gas
    • which overheads may be calculated as a standard percentage of total costs or in an itemised way according to policy at the time. Advice should be sought from the Secretary to the General Services Resources Committee.

• Accommodation, furniture, etc. by way of a capital contribution or an annual contribution, according to policy at the time.