Francesca, you can’t leave us hanging like that!
Veronica L. Taylor, MPA, CRA
(she/her)
Assistant Director
Office of Sponsored Projects Administration
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
205 Kinkead Hall
Lexington, KY 40506-0057
Phone: 859-257-4526
Fax: 859-323-1060
2021 SRAi Future of the Field Honoree
From: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org>
On Behalf Of Werenko, Francesca M
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2023 12:11 PM
To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] RE: Send me your craziest allowability question/war story!
CAUTION: External
Sender
A PI wanted to put a large amount of wooden stakes from a gardening supply vendor on his grant. This was going to be a reasonable charge, but I suspected that the central
office would have questions so I asked for short justification up front.
His justification was that he and another PI were going vampire-hunting and needed to keep the area safe from vampires rising up out of old cemetaries in the woods.
This was especially funny to me because not long before that I had been reading about vampire panics in our area of New England in the 18th century.
From:
xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org> on behalf of Pfister,Brigette
<xxxxxx@colostate.edu>
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 10:52 AM
To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org <xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org>
Subject: [RESADM-L] Send me your craziest allowability question/war story!
Hi there RA hive mind.. I’m working on a presentation and need some examples. I promise to change any identifying details! I am looking for tricky scenarios and allowability
questions for a discussion exercise.
What is the craziest allowability question you’ve ever received?
Got any good war stories about things faculty have tried to purchase or pay for with sponsor funds? Extra points if the thing actually turned out to be allowable!
I once had a faculty member try to buy a TV and a La-Z-Boy for his office using DOD funds. He got to keep the TV (excuse me, the “wall mounted, high resolution monitor”) but
not the chair.
All your stories will be appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed.
Thanks
--Brigette
Brigette Pfister, MHRD, CRA
Financial Compliance Manager
she/her/hers
xxxxxx@colostate.edu | (970) 491-3447
- = - = - = - = - = - = -
This email was sent to xxxxxx@UOREGON.EDU via the Research Administrator's mailing list.
To unsubscribe from RESADM-L, go to
https://lists.healthresearch.org and go into the Account Settings area.
List archives are available at:
https://lists.healthresearch.org/resadm-l
To change your settings (such as Digest Mode or to temporarily suspend list emails):
https://lists.healthresearch.org
- = - = - = - = - = - = -
This email was sent to xxxxxx@MED.UVM.EDU via the Research Administrator's mailing list.
To unsubscribe from RESADM-L, go to https://lists.healthresearch.org and go into the Account Settings area.
List archives are available at:
https://lists.healthresearch.org/resadm-l
To change your settings (such as Digest Mode or to temporarily suspend list emails):
https://lists.healthresearch.org
- = - = - = - = - = - = -
This email was sent to xxxxxx@UKY.EDU via the Research Administrator's mailing list.
To unsubscribe from RESADM-L, go to https://lists.healthresearch.org and go into the Account Settings area.
List archives are available at:
https://lists.healthresearch.org/resadm-l
To change your settings (such as Digest Mode or to temporarily suspend list emails):
https://lists.healthresearch.org