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FACULTY RECRUITMENT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM (FRAP)

  • General Campus Faculty who are eligible to participate in the Faculty Recruitment Allowance Program will be notified in their resource letter (start-up letter) at the time of recruitment.
  • General Campus faculty who are nominated must hold a 100% Academic Senate Ladder-Rank Professor or Teaching Professor appointment.
  • The Faculty member's start-up account funds the FRAP, details about the start-up account will be mentioned in the resource letter.
  • The primary purpose of the Faculty Recruitment Allowance is to provide support for housing costs, but the individual may also use the allowance to support childcare expenses, education or tuition assistance. 
  • Eligibility period:
    • Faculty recruitment allowances are to be disbursed within the first two (2) years of the appointment start date
  • Eligibility Extensions:
    • Faculty may request an FRA extension by emailing their Chair and MSO.  Departments can review and email a request to the EVC  Academic Affairs via their Dean’s Office. The Dean's Office can endorse and forward FRA requests via email to Heide Trimble at the EVC Office.
  • Payment:
    • Faculty recruitment allowances may be disbursed in one single payment or multiple payments.  Multiple payments must be agreed upon with Deans Offices and must not exceed a period of ten years. 
  • The program is governed by campus policies and Academic Personnel Manual (APM) Policy 190.

Withholding and Tax Implications

The Faculty recruitment allowance is considered taxable income. Payments made via payroll will be taxed at the applicable rates indicated by the appointee's W-4 form and may be impacted by retirement withholdings if you participate in those programs. FRA payment is subject to all federal and state income tax and payroll deductions

Disbursement of FRAP

  • FRAP payment can be requested by reaching out to your Department's Business Office.
  • Faculty recruitment allowances can be issued to faculty members that will be using the funds for housing costs, childcare or education/tuition expenses.
  • Business Office will contact the Dean's Office to initiate authorization for payment. Faculty member will review and sign the agreement provided.
  • Candidate must be in a paid appointment prior to the disbursement of funds (i.e. no advance payments)
  • The FRA payments are processed through UCSD’s payroll system. 
  • Health Sciences Faculty - please contact Jackie Corbeil for payment requests and questions.

Faculty recruitment allowances are not considered covered compensation for purposes of the University's retirement or employee benefit plans.

Faculty are encouraged to contact the business office in their home department with policy and payment questions and to contact UCPath Center for questions on withholdings and taxes https://ucpath.ucsd.edu/self-service/index.html.  In the UCPath Center portal, questions can be submitted by clicking on the "ASK UCPath Center" button in the top right hand corner.

Please contact Carlos Hernandez or call 858-822-1161 in regards to FRA questions and exception requests.