Re: Institutional fund for matching funds Marie Smith 01 Nov 2000 15:48 EST
When we use a % of PI salary, I open a separate account and charge that account with % of salary and money from the operating account that is used to cover this portion of the salary. Marie Smith %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Marie F. Smith Manager of Grants Administration Institute of Ecosystem Studies PO Box AB, 65 Sharon Turnpike Millbrook, NY 12545 Tel: 845-677-5343 Direct Line: 845-677-7600 x 112 FAX: 845-677-5976 E-mail: xxxxxx@ecostudies.org -----Original Message----- From: William Campbell [mailto:xxxxxx@UWRF.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 12:36 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: Institutional fund for matching funds Resadm-ers-- I have proposed to our chancellor that my institution establish an institutional grant fund to pay cash matches, fringe benefits when the sponsor doesn't, and other such expenses. She asked me 'what do other universities do?' Good question. It contains two, more specific, questions: 1. For those institutions that have some sort of fund from which you can draw cash matches and such, how much is in it? Do you size your fund based on past experience? On what's available? On some percentage of external funds collected per year? 2. Where does the money come from? I've suggested two sources: indirect costs and our university foundation. Are there any other likely candidates? We're a small institution with only between $2M and 3M external funds received per year, but grant activity is increasing. And we'd like it to increase faster. We've reached the point where we have to think twice about submitting proposals with cash matches, hence my proposal to establish a fund. Reply either to the list or to me (but note that if you simply punch reply, your message goes to everyone--that still surprises me, sometimes). If I receive a significant number of private replies, I'll summarize to the list. Regards, Bill Bill Campbell Director, Grants & Research University of Wisconsin-River Falls ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================