Re: NSF Sub to UK University? Ruth Tallman 16 Aug 2001 10:59 EST
Bill, In my experience, NSF doesn't want to "dictate" how universities comply with GC-1 or any other regulation. They just want you to work it out. I can't remember what the details were, but I had a sticky situation and NSF said - "work it out!". So, my advice to you is, ask the UK institution to do whatever you need to meet the regs without bowling them over with references to the regs. In other words, unless it is an extremely complicated budget, ask for invoices that give a detailed breakdown of the charges. They won't want to learn what an A-133 audit is, but if you have adequtate detail on their expenditures, you can audit yourself. Require that they keep all documentation for three years beyond the termination date and that the documentation is provided upon request. Pray there are no human subjects or animals. If there are, give them a copy of the regs and ask for documentation of their standards. Hopefully it's simple. If they have equipment use charges, employee benefit charges, or an indirect cost charge, you may have your work cut out for you. Good luck! Ruth Tallman Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Lehigh University 526 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, PA 18015 Phone: (610)758-3024 FAX: (610)758-5994 E-mail: xxxxxx@lehigh.edu xxxxxx@CCMAIL.NEVADA.EDU wrote: > We had a faculty member with 2 NSF grants transfer to an institution in the > UK... NSF approved subcontracting a substantial portion of both grants so > she could continue her research, and the approval letter stated that "Such > contractual arrangements should contain appropriate provisions consistent > with the Articles 7.a.3 and 8 of GC-1 or Section 5 of the FDP III General > Terms & Conditions"... > > I am quite certain that our colleagues in the UK may have an objection or > two to the required flowdowns in GC-1, and requests for guidance from NSF > have so far been unanswered... > > So here's the question... Has anyone done a subcontract with a university > in the UK that has passed muster with NSF CG1-wise? If so, I would be > exceedingly grateful if you could share it and/or your experiences with > me.... > > Thanks, Bill > > ********************************************* > William E. Schulze, EdD > Director of Sponsored Programs > Box 451037 > University of Nevada, Las Vegas > Las Vegas, NV 89154-1037 > Ph. (702)895-1357 > Fax (702)895-4242 > xxxxxx@ccmail.nevada.edu > ********************************************* > > ====================================================================== > 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") ======================================================================