Dear Angela, you might want to discuss your concerns with the
staff at the United States Civilian Research and Development
Foundation, whose Grant Assistance Program provides
administrative services (transfer and monitoring of project funds and
equipment, etc) for grant resources going to the countries of the
former Soviet Union. You'll find them on-line at www.crdf.org .

On 9 Apr 2001, at 10:56, Angela Ford wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A faculty member at my university would like to apply to IREX
> (International Research & Exchanges Board). We do not have any other
> international projects, so new issues are arising that we haven't
> dealt with previously. Perhaps some are general issues and others are
> more specific to the collaborator's university in Russia. If anyone
> has any information that might help us address the following issue, we
> would really appreciate your input.
>
> Our faculty member wants to work with a faculty member at a university
> in Russia. However, we have been advised by the Russian collaborator
> that it would be preferable, in terms of people getting paid in a
> timely manner and staying away from possible taxes or penalties that
> the university may be subject to, etc, to not contract with the
> university. However, we don't know exactly what would be involved in
> contracting with the investigator himself and how desirable that would
> be. Are there issues, as far as a work visa, that we would be dealing
> with? The project has incorporated travel for the Russian collaborator
> to come to the US, if that is of relevance to figuring out what is
> needed. The project also involves equipment for the Russian
> collaborator, printing costs, and research assistants.
>
> Has anyone had experience in administering an IREX grant or have ideas
> as to how we should proceed on this one? We do not have the award yet,
> but want to ask any questions of the other university that are needed
> and be prepared to handle the award if we receive it. Also, we want to
> make sure that we don't need to make any changes in the budget based
> on costs that we are unaware of or costs that we need to remove to
> make the project as easy to administer as possible.
>
> Thank you so much for your assistance. Please feel free to reply
> directly to me. I'd be happy to clarify our situation further if that
> would be helpful.
>
> Angela
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> Research & Sponsored Programs
> Stephen F. Austin State University
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>
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