Faculty Offset Research Credit Hour Program

The Faculty Offset Research Credit Hour (FORCH) Program is an incentive program that is optional for any CSU faculty members who attract external grants to support their scholarly work. This program is available to all faculty members inclusive of those on 9-month contracts as well as 12-month contracts. The program allows a faculty member to receive a supplemental payment for research offset on top of their regular contract salary.

Guidelines & Application

• Faculty Offset Research Credit Hour (FORCH) Program Guidelines

Application Submission and Review Process

To submit a request, send an email to sprscontracts@csuohio.edu with the subject line “FORCH Program.” The email should contain:

• Your name
• Grant account number
• Semester the faculty is requesting payment
• Number of Research Credit Hours you are buying that semester

The deadline for Fall semester is November 15, and the deadline for Spring semester is April 15.

Questions regarding the guidelines should be directed to Roman Kondratov, AVP for Research, r.kondratov@csuohio.edu.

Questions regarding the procedure should be directed to Teri Kocevar, Director of SPRS, m.kocevar@csuohio.edu.