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Hiring and Assigning Grant Staff

Hiring New Grant Staff​

Hiring a person on a grant requires a different process depending on the status of the individual in question. Below are the most frequently-encountered situations along with the process a PI should follow in each case.

For new hires, a new position that is associated with the grant account must be created and approved. This is completed through the "Request a New Position" within BlueSky.​​

The PI contacts Human Resources Staffing and provides provides the HR staff with the following:

  • Position Number (if it exists)
  • Project chartfields
  • Estimated Salary
  • Job description

The PI contacts Human Resources Staffing Provide the following:

  • Position Number (ORS will assist in identifying this)
  • Compensation rate
  • Project Chartfields
  • Individual's name

HR will contact ORS for approval of the hire.

Whether the students are new hires or reassigned to a grant, Graduate or Undergraduate, the Principal Investigator will need to submit a new hire request through the OSE Hiring Center within Campus Connect. For more information about the hiring process of student employees, please visit this hiring page of OSE’s website.

Once the request is submitted, it will be routed to ORS for approval, OSE to collect paperwork (if applicable) and HR to enter into BlueSky. An effective date should be future dated at least a week in advance when submitting a request. Please do not have the student employee start until you receive a notification from OSE that the student can start working. 

If a current student employee needs to be transferred from one position to another and/or if the grant account will now replace the source of funds the student previously received compensation, the PI should work with their College Budget Manager to submit a salary redistribution. The instructions are found here.

In situations where a DePaul employee receives a stipend or honorarium for some limited special function performed for a project, the Principal Investigator compensates him/her through the completion and submission of a Individual Compensation Plan (ICP) request through BlueSky. The PI should work with their College Budget Manager to complete the ICP through BlueSky.

Assigning Existing Staff to a Grant

DePaul staff or faculty, whose salary will completely be covered by a new grant account, must have their current positions associated and paid for with the new grant account. A common procedure is to assign only a percentage of a salary to a grant account to reflect only a partial time commitment to the grant activities. This commonly occurs when a faculty member is given a course release or other salary buyout that is covered by an external source. The “principal” internal account ​assigned to the position remains unchanged.

​The Principal Investigator must work with their College Budget Manager/HCM Manager to complete the necessary steps to assign a faculty or staff to a grant. The College Budget Manager will submit the request through BlueSky and it will proceed through an electronic approval process.