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Re: FIPSE Barbara Gray 15 Feb 2000 13:26 EST

Gary,
The College of Charleston (SC) submitted one pre-proposal with the 8%TDC rate.

"Chaffins, Gary" wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> I have noted a significant amount of traffic regarding the issue of the F&A
> rate used for the recent FIPSE preliminary applications.  The method that
> FIPSE uses is internally divisive to our institutions, creating conflict
> between faculty and administration.  I won't go into a discussion about the
> FIPSE position, where I have strong feelings about the practice, but I would
> like to conduct an informal survey and make it available to the list.
>
> Our institution is publicly assisted and we adhere to full recovery wherever
> possible as the failure to recover full costs drains our ability to support
> other activities.
>
> Reimbursement of appropriate facilities and administrative costs is a
> critical part of our reimbursement stream.  Our institution returns part of
> the administrative portion to our units for support of the administrative
> and clerical costs associated with grant activities.  Failure to recovery
> our full administrative costs reduces (or eliminates any return in the case
> of 8%) the funds they have to pay the staff salaries providing direct
> support to their grant activities.
>
> We submitted several FIPSE applications with our Public Service rate which
> is 33% of mtdc (so now you know who will be at that rate).
>
> I will not identify the institutions responding but would like to know:
>
> 1. Number of FIPSE applications submitted by your institution for the 2/11
> deadline
> 2. The F&A rate requested for reimbursement.
>
> I will post the results on the list.
>
> Gary Chaffins
> Director, Office of Research Services and Administration
> 5219 University of Oregon
> Eugene, OR 97403-5219
> Office: (541) 346-2395
> Fax: (541) 346-5138
> e-mail: xxxxxx@orsa.uoregon.edu
>
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Barbara H. Gray, Director
Research & Grants Administration
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC  29424
Office:  843-953-5673
Direct:  843-953-5885
Fax:  843-953-6577
e-mail:  xxxxxx@cofc.edu
http://www.cofc.edu/~orga/
Campus Location:  407G Bell Bldg.

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