Re: Tuition support for GRAs on Grants M. D. Christy 27 Jan 1994 13:50 EST

> I would like to know what office provides tuition support for GRAs on grants.
> We use tuition support as part of our contribution on a proposal but with
 costs
> escalating it appears that we cannot be so generous.  Do you request tuition
 in
>  the grant application, do you have a fringe benefit rate of say 4% that
 covers
>  tuition?  How is this handled?
>
>       Thanks.
>

Here at Rutgers we ask for the tuition on grants whenever we can.  Ours is
relatively low (about 4,000 instate and 7,000 out of state).  I know that
some other private universities with much higher tuition ask for half and
match with half.

Michelle

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