Research Council Meeting Minutes

April 4, 2022, at 1:00 PM

In-Person and Via Microsoft Teams

Attendees: Mamta Singh, Ana Christensen, Scott Crawford, Chunda Chen, XIANCHANG Li, Amy Smith and Jerry Lin

Not in attendance: Scott Crawford

Meeting called to order at 1:03 PM, by Dr. Jerry Lin

I. Review/Approval of March 7, 2022 Council meeting minutes

Minutes accepted and moved to order by Ana Christensen and Chunda Chen

 II. Need new policy – Institutional Base Salary

i. Institutions that receive federal grants needs to have a policy for institutional base salary for personnel compensation charged against grants

ii. Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200.430 Compensation – Personal Services) was distributed to the research council members for review

iii. Council members to read and provide input on Lamar University IBS policy in May 2022 Research Council Meeting

 III. Roundtable

i. Homeland Security Initiative – Sam Houston State University

Next meeting is May 2, 2022, at 1:00 PM.

 1:54 PM – Meeting Adjourn