CU:

Faculty Computer Purchase Program (FCCP)

URL: www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/facultystaff/administration/budget/index.html

Who is eligible to participate in the program?
  • All ROSTERED faculty including Instructors, Senior Instructors with multi-year appointments totaling 50% or more
  • Faculty who will be retiring during the next academic year if a recommendation is received from the Chair
Who is not eligible to participate in the program?
  • Emeritus faculty
  • Lecturers and instructors who are not on the continuing roster
  • Faculty denied tenure, reappointment
  • Faculty not returning in the fall
Who keeps track of who is eligible and when?
  • Jon Bennett in A&S Budget Office 2-6165 or bennetjs@colorado.edu keeps a database
  • Department Contact person should monitor as well
  • Encourage purchase during eligible year - no guarantee that eligibility can be rolled into the next year
Who keeps track of the purchases?
  • Bruce Fast from ITS; e-mail: fcpp@colorado.edu
  • Purchases should be made using a Procurement Card or PO if the amount exceeds amount allowable on Procurement Card
  • No Personal Credit Cards! (Won't be reimbursed.)
Who processes the reimbursement?
  • ITS processes the reimbursement
How often and how much is reimbursable? See ITS website Faculty Computer Purchase Program | ITS
  • Presently on an every four years cycle
  • Maximum of $1,200 reimbursable
  • Must get prior approval for purchase from Bruce Fast if they do not purchase a "recommended" system
Note that the computer DOES NOT belong to the faculty person; it is University property
  • This is a "replacement" program; not intended for the purchase of that first computer
  • One of the goals of the program is to downstream replaced computers to others as needed
  • The use of personal funds to help pay for FCPP computers is NOT recommended; equipment remains CU property