Do you have an institutional policy regarding the inclusion of
graduate tuition in budget requests to funding agencies?   We're
engaged (with other offices on campus) in drafting such a policy and
could use some guidance from others who have dealt with or are
currently dealing with this issue.  Do you require that PIs request
agency funding for tuition for grad students employed on the grant?
If so, are there standing exceptions to that policy? a standard
procedure for having it waived?

In the past we've "encouraged" PIs to include in budgets submitted
to potential sponsors a request for graduate tuition for any grad
student employed on the grant, but there's been no requirement to do
so. If the PI could not or chose not to ask the agency for tuition,
the University cost-shared tuition for the grad students paid by the
grant.  I'd really appreciate knowing what other institutions do, as
well as reading your insights into the various issues the question
raises (e.g., is consistency an issue when guidelines are specific
and vary?  Are federal agencies more reluctant to fund tuition than
their guidelines usually suggest?  Are paid internships treated as
assistantships?).

Thanks for your help.  I'll compile and share any responses that
come directly to me rather than to the listserv.
Debra Young, Ph.D.
Sponsored Programs Information Specialist
Office of Research
P.O. Box 907
The University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi   38677-907

phone:  662-915-7482

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