Salary Cap/Limitation

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NIH: A legislatively-mandated provision limiting the direct salary (also known as salary or institutional base salary, but excluding any fringe benefits and F&A costs) for individuals working on NIH grants, cooperative agreement awards, and extramural research and development contracts. For current and historical salary cap levels, go to Salary Cap Summary.

OSP: Legislatively mandated provision limiting the direct salary (also known as salary or institutional base salary, but excluding any fringe benefits and F&A costs) for individuals working on grants, cooperative agreement awards, and extramural research and development contracts.

Kumc: The maximum annualized Institutional Base Salary allowable on a sponsored project. For DHHS (including NIH) proposals, the current limit is $179,700. Other federal or private agencies may have different salary cap levels, or not at all (such as Dept. of Defense). When an individual's salary exceeds the salary cap, the amount over the cap must not be charged to another federal award.