Recommend you DO NOT.
Cost sharing relates to resources actually involved on a project; this is
merely getting access to a less expensive resource.

However, if the list price were X and the seller gave you a special
discount, documented as expressly for the purpose of being used for this
project, then you would have third party cost sharing.

Chuck

At 01:44 PM 5/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a researcher who wants to use documented educational discounts on
>equipment purchases as in-kind cost sharing. We have not done this before
>yet I can't think of a good reason why he couldn't do this. (This equipment
>will be used in an engineering class.) Do other institutions use this as
>cost sharing? If not, why not?
>
>As always, thank you for your input.
>
>
>Val Seaquist
>Office of Research Administration
>The University of Alabama in Huntsville
>
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