Laura;
1. Is
this a training grant?
2. If not, do you normally charge tuition to grants as part of
a student's compensation.
3. If
so, will the grant be paying full tuition at your institute and this course
would be an additional tuition charge?
If
your answers to 1. is yes - then I think you are on solid ground with the
justification statement of relevance to the training grant by the project
director.
If
your answer to 1 is no and 2. is no - go for
approval.
If
your answer to 1. is no and 2. is yes, and 3. is no - then I think you
would be okay.
If your answer to
1. is no and 2. is yes and 3. is yes - then the total
"compensation" for this student exceeds the institutional regular policy.
If so I would recommend you go for approval; or reduce the
Institute charge for tuition and pay the $350 to the other institution to remain
within your policy.
Hope
this makes sense. Hope others will weigh in with their
perspectives.
Gary
Gary Chaffins
Director, Office of Research
Services
and Administration
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-5219
Voice 541-346-2395 FAX
541-346-5138
e-mail
xxxxxx@orsa.uoregon.edu
A student paid on an NSF grant
wants to take a course at another institution. Can the cost of this
course be paid by the grant?
The PI has verified that this
course is not available at our institution and that it would benefit the
grant.
I suggest the PI obtain agency
approval, however he does not want to do this and believes there is enough
flexibility in the grant to pay for this course @ $350.
Your thoughts?
Thanks.
Laura L.
Kubec
Grants
Administrator
Keck Graduate
Institute
535 Watson
Drive
Claremont,
CA 91711
909-607-9313
======================================================================
Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription
information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at
http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists")
======================================================================