Common use of Incentive Award Programs Clause in Contracts

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 20067-20078 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 20046-20057 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employees. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 20068-20079 year the University shall award forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 20068-20079 year the University shall award twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases Incentive Award Programs recognize and promote employee excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then University of Central Florida. Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (dch) below., to recognize and promote employee faculty excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 20067-20078 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 20046-20057 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employeesfaculty. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract employment agreement for the academic year in which the award was given. For at the end of the academic year in which the award was given, plus a one-time award of $5,000 on that date, in lieu of a retroactive payment. These awards allocated shall be made according to individual collegesexisting criteria and procedures through August 7, colleges with fewer than 25 employees 2018. New criteria and procedures may be implemented after that date. The president shall will be grouped into one unit give the final approval for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisionsto successful employees. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 20068-20079 Each academic year the University shall award up to forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards to employees (additional awards may shall be given as a result of rounding, e.g. e.g., a college allocated 5.5 awards would shawllould round up to 6 awards) ), in addition to recycled awards. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field field, including the scholarship of teaching and learning. For the 20068-20079 Each academic year the University shall award up to twenty forty (20) new UCF-RIA awards to employees (additional awards may shall be given as a result of rounding, e.g. e.g., a college allocated 5.5 awards would shawllould round up to 6 awards) ), in addition to recycled awards. awards. One-quarter of the UCF-RIA awards will be designated for the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote faculty employee faculty excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 20067-20078 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 20046-20057 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employeesemployeesfaculty. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract employment agreement for the academic year in which the award was given. For These awards allocated shall be made according to individual collegesexisting criteria and procedures through August 7, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will 2018. New criteria and procedures may be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisionsimplemented after that date. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 20068-20079 Each academic year the University shall award up to forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards to employees (additional awards may shall be given as a result of rounding, e.g. e.g., a college allocated 5.5 awards would willould round up to 6 awards) ), in addition to recycled awards. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field, including the scholarship of teaching and learning. For the 20068-20079 Each academic year the University shall award up to twenty forty (20) new UCF-RIA awards to employees (additional awards may shall be given as a result of rounding, e.g. e.g., a college allocated 5.5 awards would willould round up to 6 awards), in addition to recycled awards. One-quarter of the UCF-RIA awards will be designated for the scholarship of teaching and learning. (c) UCF-Service and Partnership Award program. The UCF-Service and Partnership Award (“UCF-SPA”) program recognizes outstanding contributions to service at all levels of the university as well as to the larger community and partner organizations. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program. The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) program recognizes success in research related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. Each academic year the University shall award up to ten (10) new SoTL UCF-SPA awards to employees, in addition to recycled awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty facultyemployee excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 200672006-20078 2007 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 200462004-20057 2005 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employees. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. An employee shall be eligible to apply for one of these awards provided that he or she is in his or her sixth fifth or higher year of University employment and meets any specific requirements described below. No employee shall win a particular award more frequently than once every five years. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions. All colleges will follow the same application process and use the same standards and criteria for making award decisions.All 2007-2008 awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 2006-2007 Incentive Awards, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 2006820062007-20079 2007 2008 year the University shall award forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to up to 31 recycled awards. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 2006820062007-20079 2007 2008 year the University shall award twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to up to 5 recycled awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 20067-20078 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 20046-20057 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employees. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. An employee shall be eligible to apply for one or more of these awards provided that he is in his fifth or higher year of University employment and meets any specific requirements described below. No employee shall win a particular award more frequently than once every five years. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions. All colleges will follow the same application process and use the same standards and criteria for making award decisions. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 2006820067-20079 20078 year the University shall award forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards. To be eligible for a UCF-TIP award, an employee must be the instructor of record for at least one (1) course per academic year for the period of time considered in the award decision process. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 2006820067-20079 20078 year the University shall award twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 200672006-20078 2007 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 200462004-20057 2005 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employees. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. An employee shall be eligible to apply for one of these awards provided that he or she is in his or her sixth fifth or higher year of University employment and meets any specific requirements described below. No employee shall win a particular award more frequently than once every five years. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions. All colleges will follow the same application process and use the same standards and criteria for making award decisions.All 2007-2008 awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 2006-2007 Incentive Awards, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 2006820062007-20079 2007 2008 year the University shall award forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to up to 31 recycled awards. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 2006820062007-20079 2007 2008 year the University shall award twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to up to 5 recycled awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 200672006-20078 2007 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 200462004-20057 2005 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employees. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. An employee shall be eligible to apply for one of these awards provided that he or she is in his or her sixth or higher year of University employment and meets any specific requirements described below. No employee shall win a particular award more frequently than once every five years. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions.. All colleges will follow the same application process and use the same standards and criteria for making award decisions. (We think this is a good idea, but what application process and what standards and criteria are you proposing we use? How does this fit with the second full sentence of this paragraph?) (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 2006820062007-20079 2007 2008 year the University shall award forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 2006820062007-20079 2007 2008 year the University shall award twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 20067Deleted: 6 Deleted: 2007 2007-20078 2008 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 200462004-20057 2005 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employees. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. An employee shall be eligible to apply for one of these awards provided that he or she is in his or her fifth or higher year of University employment and meets any specific requirements described below. No employee shall win a particular award more frequently than once every five years. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions.. All colleges will follow the same application process and use the same standards and criteria for making award decisions. (We think this is a good idea, but what application process and what standards and criteria are you proposing we use? How does this fit with the second full sentence of this paragraph?) (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program Deleted: 2006 Deleted: 2007 (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 200682007-20079 2008 year the University shall award forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards.. Deleted: 2006 Deleted: 2007 (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 200682007-20079 2008 year the University shall award twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty facultyemployee excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 200672006-20078 2007 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 200462004-20057 2005 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employeesemployeesfaculty. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract contractemployment agreement for the academic year in which the award was given. An employee shall be eligible to apply for one of these awards provided that he or she is in his or her sixth or higher year of University employment and meets any specific requirements described below. No employee shall win a particular award more frequently than once every five years. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions. All 2007-2008 awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 2006-2007 Incentive Awards, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. , These awards shall be made according to existing criteria and procedures. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 20068200620078-20079 2007 20089 year the University shall award up to forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 20068200620078-20079 2007 20089 year the University shall award up to twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty facultyemployee excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 200672006-20078 2007 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 200462004-20057 2005 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employees. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. An employee shall be eligible to apply for one of these awards provided that he or she is in his or her sixth or higher year of University employment and meets any specific requirements described below. No employee shall win a particular award more frequently than once every five years. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions.. All 2007-2008 awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 2006-2007 Incentive Awards, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. , (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 2006820062007-20079 2007 2008 year the University shall award forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to up to recycled xxxxxx.xxxx (0) awards. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 2006820062007-20079 2007 2008 year the University shall award twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled up to recycledzero (0) awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 20067-20078 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 20046-20057 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employees. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. An employee shall be eligible to apply for one or more of these awards provided that he is in his fifth sixth or higher year of University employment and meets any specific requirements described in this section below. No employee shall win a particular award more frequently than once every five years. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions. All colleges shall will follow the same application process and use the same standards and criteria for making award decisions as determined by the Faculty Senate. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 2006820067-20079 20078 year the University shall award zero (0) thirty-one (31) forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards. Teaching productivity eligibility criteria for a UCF-TIP award shall be met if an employee has been the instructor of record for at least one (1) course per academic year for the period of time considered in the award decision process. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 2006820067-20079 20078 year the University shall award zero (0) five (5) twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards. All employees shall be eligible to apply for a UCF- RIA award.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty facultyemployee excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 200672006-20078 2007 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 200462004-20057 2005 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employeesemployeesfaculty. Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract contractemployment agreement for the academic year in which the award was given. An employee shall be eligible to apply for one of these awards provided that he or she is in his or her sixth or higher year of University employment and meets any specific requirements described below. No employee shall win a particular award more frequently than once every five years. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions. All 2007-2008 awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 2006-2007 Incentive Awards, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this section. These awards shall be made according to existing criteria and procedures. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 20068200620078-20079 2007 20089 year the University shall award up to forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards. (b) UCF-Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. For the 20068200620078-20079 2007 20089 year the University shall award up to twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards.

Incentive Award Programs. If in-state, undergraduate tuition increases of 3.0% or more over Fall 2007 levels take effect for the Spring 2008 semester, then Incentive Award Programs shall be implemented as set forth in Paragraphs (a) through (c) (d) below, to recognize and promote employee faculty excellence and productivity that respond to and support the mission of the University of Central Florida. All 200672005-20078 2006 Incentive Awards shall be made using the procedures, standards, and criteria used for the 200462004-20057 2005 Incentive Awards programs, modified only to reflect date changes and the requirements of this sectionchanges. (a) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful employees. UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. (1) Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. For awards allocated to individual colleges, colleges with fewer than 25 employees shall will be grouped into one unit for the purposes of allocating awards and making award decisions. (a2) UCF-Teaching Incentive Program. The UCF-Teaching Incentive Program (“UCF-TIP”) rewards teaching productivity and excellence. For the 200682005-20079 2006 year the University shall award up to forty (40) new UCF-TIP awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awardsaward. If fewer than the maximum number of available awards (new plus recycled) is made in any award category, the unallocated salary increase funds shall be immediately distributed as an additional merit increase pool subject to the terms of Section 23.5. (3) UCF-TIP awards shall be made according to existing criteria that have been developed through a collegial process between Academic Affairs and the Faculty Senate. The Selection Committee shall review faculty portfolios and recommend award recipients to the xxxxxxx. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful faculty members. (b) UCF-UCF- Research Incentive Award program. The UCF-UCF - Research Incentive Award (“UCF-RIA”) program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field. . (1) Regardless of the contract length (9 months through 12 months), award recipients shall receive a $5,000 increase to their base salary retroactive to the start of the employee’s contract for the academic year in which the award was given. (2) For the 200682005-20079 year 2006 year, the University shall award up to twenty (20) new UCF-RIA awards (additional awards may be given as a result of rounding, e.g. a college allocated 5.5 awards would round up to 6 awards) in addition to recycled awards. If fewer than the maximum number of available awards (new plus recycled) is made in any award category, the unallocated salary increase funds shall be immediately distributed as an additional merit increase pool subject to the terms of Section 23.5. (3) UCF-RIA awards shall be made according to existing criteria that have been developed through a collegial process between Academic Affairs and the Faculty Senate. The Selection Committee shall review faculty portfolios and recommend award recipients to the xxxxxxx. The president shall give the final approval for awards to the successful faculty members.