Budget Planning Tool

Travel Expenses

Per diem rates*

For other international travel rates, consult the National Joint Council Travel Directive, Appendix D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

The minimum annual compensation for postdoctoral fellows will be increasing over the next several years:

If the postdoctoral fellow is paid in whole or in part by internal sources of funding (meaning all funds administered by uOttawa)*, the fellow will have employee status and so it will also be necessary to cover the additional cost of employee benefits. To calculate the cost of benefits, see the Budgeting Tool for Postdoctoral Fellow Employees.

* Internal sources of funding include:

1. Operational Funds: A fellowship paid from the University’s operational funds.
2. Research and Other Restricted Funds: A fellowship paid from the supervisor’s grant or contract.

Postdoctoral fellows funded by a Tri-Council (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) fellowship will not, however, have employee status and will instead have the status of “affiliated postdoctoral fellow”; Tri-Council fellowships are paid in the form of a bursary and not a salary, and there are no additional benefits to cover.

For more information, consult Policy on Postdoctoral Appointments.

Tri-Agency Financial Administration Principles

There are four basic principles that govern the appropriate use of grant funds.

Grant expenditures must:

• Contribute to the direct costs of the research/activities for which the funds were awarded, with benefits directly attributable to the grant;
• Not be provided by the administering institution to their research personnel;
• Be effective and economical; and
• Not result in personal gain for members of the research team.

These four principles form the basis for the uOttawa Guide on the Management of Research Expenditures. These guidelines apply to all research funds held at uOttawa, including: Tri-agency funds; uOttawa research funds; general research funds; and all other funding sources, unless the funder allows more or less flexibility.

For more information, consult:

• Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide
• uOttawa Guidelines, Policies and Regulations on the Use of Grant Funds
• Information for Researchers
• Human Resources in Research