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 ********************************************** Director, Research Services & Sponsored Progs. Georgia Southern University Hwy. 301 So. Office Bldg., P.O. Box 8005 Statesboro, GA 30460-8005 912-681-5465; FAX: 912-681-0719 xxxxxx@gasou.edu ********************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG]On Behalf Of Farnsworth, Franci Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:38 AM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] NSF NSF CCLI-A&I Budget Question 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 Munford House Middlebury, VT 05753 Tel: 802-443-5889 Fax: 802-443-2081 Email: xxxxxx@middlebury.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Peterson [SMTP:xxxxxx@WINONA.MSUS.EDU] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 4:09 PM > To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG > Subject: [RESADM-L] NSF NSF CCLI-A&I Budget Question > > 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? > > > > ************************************************************************** > > Nancy Kay Peterson > Director of Grants & Sponsored Projects > Somsen Hall Room 202-C > Winona State University > Winona, MN 55987 > > Phone: 507.457.5519 > Fax: 507.457.2415 > xxxxxx@winona.msus.edu > http://www.winona.msus.edu/grants/ > > > ====================================================================== > 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") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================