I agree with Betty's approach.  Who has submitted to and been funded by
FIPSE for more than 8%?   The suspect the list will be a short one.
At 03:35 PM 2/15/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Teachers College submitted two proposals with the 8% rate.  Both here and at
>my prior (public) institution, we grapple with this each year, as do all the
>other institutions who have responded.
>
>My question is - Is there anyone out there who has had a FIPSE proposal
>funded with a higher indirect cost rate than 8%???
>
>Betty Farbman
>Teachers College, Columbia University
>xxxxxx@exchange.tc.columbia.edu
>
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>> From:         Barbara Gray[SMTP:xxxxxx@COFC.EDU]
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>> Sent:         Tuesday, February 15, 2000 1:29 PM
>> To:   xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>> Subject:      Re: FIPSE
>>
>> P.S.  I agree that if we negotiate a rate with the Feds, ALL federal
>> agencies
>> should honor that rate--including DHHS, DOC, DEd, USDA, etc.  But I have
>> an even
>> bigger gripe with DEd.  In most DEd programs that we apply for, not only
>> are we
>> held to the 8% rate on the Federal side, but we cannot exceed 8% on the
>> match
>> side, even when a minimum match is required for eligibility.  So we end up
>> eating a lot of administrative cost AND dumping in more "real" resources
>> to meet
>> the match.  BG
>>
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