I agree with you, Paula. I had a proposal come through
requesting to purchase iPads and although it was submitted (with a HUGE amount
of detail about how they would be used to benefit the project) I think it will
be difficult for the sponsor to see this as an allocable expense. I think
it would be even more difficult to justify this as an allocable purchase on an
existing award when it wasn’t originally proposed.
Kelly Morgan
Sponsored Programs Administrator/Training Coordinator
208-885-2145
From: Research Administration List
[mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Mccauley, Paula M
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:15 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] iPad
Our institution doesn’t have a policy about iPads in
particular, but we have very strict guidelines regarding any type of computer
equipment, especially for faculty (purchasing computers for faculty on grants
is usually not allowed) and for staff that are not 100% funded on a project. It
would too easy for a product like an iPad to have a multi-purpose not directly
related to a specific grant. Unless you can document that the product is a)
needed on the project (why wouldn’t a computer or traditional lap-top
work just as well and be less expensive?) and b) will only be used for that
project, it would really not be appropriate to purchase it with grant funds.
It’s all about being good stewards of tax-payer funding.
Paula McCauley-Shelton, B.A.
Grants Manager
UAMS Department of Pediatrics
Grants Administration MS 512-1
501-364-2368 Phone
501-364-4656 Fax
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group is now located on the 3rd floor of the ACHRI Building.
From: Research Administration List
[mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Cantrell, Jane R
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 3:01 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] iPad
We
are starting to receive requests to purchase iPads on some of our grants.
Is anyone else experiencing the same thing? If so, do you have any
policy/procedure put in to place to handle these new requests.
Any
thoughts/comments are appreciated!
Jane R. Cantrell - Rectenwald
Budget Compliance Administrator
Marshall University Research Corporation
401 11th Street, Suite 1400
Huntington, WV 25701
(304) 696-2889
Fax (304) 697-2770
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