Re: NSF NSF CCLI-A&I Budget Question Howard M. Kaplan 22 May 2001 11:52 EST

I interpret the cost sharing requirements for the Adaptation and
Implementation (A&I) Track of NSF's CCLI program a little differently.  I
agree that the non-instrumentation budget request does not have to be
matched on a per item basis.  NSF does, however, stipulate that there must
be an overall 1:1 match (rather than a 50% match) for the
non-instrumentation request as well:

"For CCLI Adaptation and Implementation proposals only, the entire budget
request must be matched by non-Federal resources equal in value to the funds
requested from NSF.  The non-instrumentation portions of the budget may be
matched in the form of instrumentation, personnel time, etc...."

Best regards,
Howie Kaplan
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There is no Indirect Cost limitation on CCLI proposals.     You can collect
IDC or use unrecovered IDC as part of the match.   The guidelines say
exactly what you quote -- 1:1 cash match on equipment, 50% match for all
other project costs but not on a per item basis and not necessarily cash
(in-kind, indirect costs, volunteer time, donated property -- all are
allowable).     Reveiwers don't always understand the budget guidelines,
however, so they will comment on cost-sharing that they don't think is
appropriate (eg, unrecovered IDC); I haven't figured out how to advise
faculty to write budget justifications that will head off these comments.

Frances Vinal Farnsworth
Coordinator of Sponsored Research
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
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Middlebury, VT 05753
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> From: Nancy Peterson [SMTP:xxxxxx@WINONA.MSUS.EDU]
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> Can anyone tell me if I'm reading the NSF CCLI-A&I budget instructions
> correctly?  As I understand it, the NSF CCLI-A&I requires a 50-50 match
> for
> the total budget.  The instrumentation must be matched by cash on a 1-1
> basis, but the grand total of the other items (personnel, supplies, etc.)
> can be matched by cash or in-kind, and that match does not have to be on a
> 1-1 basis for each item.  If we still can't ask NSF for indirects (F&A) on
> these proposals, can we use indirects as an institutional match for the
> non-instrument costs?
>
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