CBA Research Bonus Request
The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between The University of Toledo and the American Association of University Professors, UToledo Chapter, provides for a one-time stipend payment to faculty for grant activity. Section 12.-6.3 of the CBA is shown below.
Instructions for application requests
February 2023 Update: Requests for the research bonus should be submitted through this site managed by the Provost's Office:
https://www.utoledo.edu/offices/provost/cba-research-or-award-bonus.html
Section 12.-6.3 of the CBA
As recognition for extraordinary research efforts, bargaining unit faculty who obtain initial grant activity payable to the University in an academic year shall receive a stipend in the form of a one-time payment, at the conclusion of the grant and successful acceptance of the final report by the funding agency, based on the aggregate level of the initial awards that year. In the event the bargaining unit faculty member may obtain more than one (1) award in any academic year, the stipends shall be as follows:
- Bargaining unit faculty who procure initial grant support form $250,000 to $500,000, exclusive of indirect costs, shall receive $2,500 per award.
- Bargaining unit faculty who procure initial grant support from $501,000 to $1,000,000, exclusive of indirect costs, shall receive $5,000 per award.
- Bargaining unit faculty who procure initial grant support from $1,000,001 and above, exclusive of indirect costs, shall receive $10,000 per award.
- Bargaining unit faculty who procure initial grant support from $1,250,000 to $1,500,000 and above, exclusive of indirect costs, shall receive $12,500 per award.
- Bargaining unit faculty who procure initial grant support from $1,501,000 to $2,000,000 and above, exclusive of indirect costs, shall receive $15,000 per award.
In the case of multiple principal investigators, the stipend shall be distributed among them based on the percentage of effort documented in the University transmittal form.