Negotiated Salary Program (NSP)

Submission Deadline: May 16, 2025

Submission Instructions

The Negotiated Salary Program (NSP) allows eligible Senate faculty who are not members of another compensation plan (e.g., Health Sciences Compensation Plan) in participating schools to voluntarily contribute external funding resources toward their total University of California (UC) salary. The NSP, like the well-established Health Sciences Compensation Plan (HSCP), allows faculty to utilize external fund sources to support a portion of their total compensation.

To participate, faculty members must be in good standing with regard to all teaching, research, and service obligations, and remain compliant with all applicable University policies and training requirements. Negotiations are for one fiscal year, effective July 1 and ending on June 30. Renewals are not automatic; participation must be renegotiated each year.  

Eligible faculty wishing to participate in the 2025-26 NSP cycle must submit their completed application packet to the Academic Personnel Office by May 16, 2025. No extensions of time to apply will be granted. Late submissions will automatically be rejected without being reviewed.

Please follow the five steps below to apply for participation in the NSP. Requestors will be notified of the final decisions regarding their requests throughout the month of June 2025.

All requests must be completed and signed electronically. No hard copies accepted.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

  • Fiscal Officer/Department Manager reviews the submitted Faculty Compensation Request form.
    • If there are any questions, the Fiscal Officer/Department Manager will work directly with the requestor for clarification. Requestor may potentially need to edit and resubmit the Faculty Compensation Request Form with if updated and/or corrections are needed.
  • Fiscal Officer/Department manager completes the Funding Certification form and electronically submits (i) Funding Certification form and (ii) Faculty Compensation Request form to the Department Chair.

Step 4

  • Department Chair reviews the submitted (i) Funding Certification form and (ii) Faculty Compensation Request form.
  • Department Chair completes the Chair Certification form and electronically submits (i) Chair Certification form (ii) Funding Certification form and (iii) Faculty Compensation Request form to the School Dean.

Step 5

  • School Dean reviews the submitted (i) Chair Certification form (ii) Funding Certification form and (iii) Faculty Compensation Request form.
  • School Dean completes the Dean Certification form and electronically submits the completed NSP application forms: (i) Dean Certification form (ii) Chair Certification form (iii) Funding Certification form and (iv) Faculty Compensation Request form to the Academic Personnel Office by the deadline – SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS May 16, 2025.

If you have additional questions or concerns, please contact the Academic Personnel Office at acadpers@uci.edu.