I would like to add something to this request. Currently our institution is
preparing a proposal for the Department of Education's Preparing Tomorrow's
Teachers To Use Technology (PT3) Program. The program requires a 1:1 match
from the applicant. The guidelines state that the indirect costs cap is 8%
and that the difference between the 8% and our negotiated rate can not be
used as a match. This is the first time we have encountered this position
from a funder, can anyone provide insight?

Victoria Steel

>I noticed in last week's discussion about FIPSE F&A rates that a number of
>colleges and universities indicated that they had used the DoEd suggested
>rate of 8% of TDC and showed as part of their cost share the difference
>between this figure and the amount they would have recovered for F&A had
>they used their federally-negotiated rate.
>
>In several NCURA-sponsored workshops I've attended over the past six
>months, however, I have heard several times that doing this will ultimately
>bring down an institution's F&A rate.
>
>I'm curious as to whether other institutions have any policies regarding
>this issue and how frequently this practice is used when cost sharing is
>required and F&A cost restriction are required or strongly encouraged.
>
>And could someone who understands better than I do the issues surrounding
>the negotiation of indirect rates explain (again) to me why it might be a
>bad idea to do this?
>
>Thanks.
>Laura C. Hartley, Ph.D.
>Grants Officer/Staff Writer
>Office of the Provost
>Lesley College
>29 Everett Street
>Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
>Phone: 617-349-8795
>Fax: 617-349-8974
>email: xxxxxx@mail.lesley.edu

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Victoria Steel
The Graduate School
Humphreys 410
Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg, MO 64093

phone: 660.543.8099
fax: 660.543.8333

email: xxxxxx@cmsu1.cmsu.edu
www.cmsu.edu/graduate
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