Tell us your start-up package!
anon (guest) 11 Apr 2014 14:46
I wonder how's people's start-up this year…
Research fund:
Moving expenses:
Summer salary:
Type of institution:
Research area:
Tell us your start-up package!
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anon (guest) 11 Apr 2014 14:46
Research fund: $5,000 for summer, $7,000 during academic year
Moving expenses: $3,500
Summer salary: Unsure. $60K for full year
Type of institution: private SLAC
Research area: Social
Geographical Region: the South
Gender/Negotiation: Female, negotiated some of it
**I added region, gender and negotiation because they play an important role.
Research fund: ~$30-35k (equipment + funds)
Moving expenses: $4500
Summer salary: 1 month x 2 summers
Type of institution: private SLAC
Research area: Social
Geographical Region: Midwest
Gender/Negotiation: Male, negotiated most of it
Research fund: >750,000
Moving expenses: Unsure. They send movers to pack and relocate you
Summer salary: Able to pay 2 months out of start-up but didn't push that in negotiation that since I have grant support to cover summers
Type of institution: R1
Research area: Clinical Neuroscience
Geographical Region: Northeast
Gender/Negotiation: Male, always negotiate.
Research fund: 15K, plus a grad assistant for two yrs (should note that most of my work is secondary data analysis, so there are relatively few major expenses)
Moving expenses: 3K (could have been more but I'm currently only about 100 miles away so it's a pretty easy move)
Summer salary: 1 month for two yrs
Type of institution: R1
Research area: Developmental
Geographical Region: Mid-Atlantic
Gender/Negotiation: Female, negotiated with competing offers (some of which offered a bit more but were in less desirable locations).
Research fund: $2,000 initially, $1,000 each year thereafter (perpetually)
Moving expenses: Up to $3,000
Summer salary: $0, but $2,000 to $4,000 for research with students or teaching (varies b/c of many factors)
Type of institution: SLAC
Research area: Personality/Social/Quant
Geographical Region: [Prefer to omit]
Gender/Negotiation: Male, negotiated for salary increases and resources, had multiple offers
Research fund: 5k
Moving expenses: 2k
Summer salary: 0
Type of institution: none R1 with doctoral program
Research area: Social/developmental
Geographical Region: Midwest
Gender/Negotiation: Male, negotiated most of it
Research fund: 200k (research equipment and funds, summer salary, and lab space renovations)
Moving expenses: 4k
Summer salary: 4 months in total (to be used across 3 years)
Type of institution: R1
Research area: Social
Geographical Region: omitting
Gender/Negotiation: Female, negotiated salary and startup increases and teaching load with several other offers
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