Gary, VCU submitted about half a dozen FIPSE proposals.  We proposed 8%
F&A, but we did count the difference between 8% and our on campus
instruction rate (34% MTDC) as cost sharing; we checked with FIPSE and they
allow that.

Chuck

At 10:13 AM 2/15/00 -0800, 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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