Merit Recognition. In each of the three years of the contract (academic years 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019- 2020), a merit recognition program will recognize meritorious achievement by members of the bargaining unit in the areas of teaching, research/scholarship/creative activity, engagement, or contributions to the profession, either singly or in a combination of two areas. The University values meritorious achievement in teaching, research/scholarship/creative activity, engagement, and contributions to the profession equally. A minimum of one-third (33.3%) of the annual awards in each college will be for primary merit in teaching. The available funding for each of the first two year’s merit recognition program will be the unused balance of that year’s special salary pool for outside offers of employment (Article 17.5). For year three (3) the available funding will be the unused balance of that year’s special salary pool plus an amount equivalent to one percent (1.0%) of the total 2019-2020 salaries of bargaining unit faculty rounded to the nearest thousand dollars. Assuming a sufficient number of applications, no fewer than twenty-five percent (25%) of the bargaining unit in each college will receive merit awards in each of the three years of the program. A faculty member who receives an award in the first year will be ineligible for an award in the second year. In the third year, all bargaining unit faculty as defined above will be eligible for a merit award. The Contract Implementation Committee (CIC) will develop a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that determine the number and estimated amounts of the awards for each year in advance of the first merit application deadline, which will occur in the spring semester of 2018. Any member of the bargaining unit shall be eligible to compete for any of these merit awards in any contract year except as otherwise provided in Article 17.5. Merit awards shall become part of the faculty member's base salary at the beginning of the next academic year and are in addition to any other salary increase provided for in this Agreement.
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