Re: Consulting and Effort Dolce, Peter J 19 Feb 2002 08:54 EST
Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Moreland, Kim [mailto:xxxxxx@FHCRC.ORG] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:49 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Consulting and Effort Peter, I'm sure you know the answer to this, but I couldn't resist. A consultant is used for short-term, expert, highly-focused, often technical effort on a project. There is no ongoing relationship, and the consultant who is part of an academic organization operates apart from his or her own institution. If the collaborator is using the resources, including students, or facilities of his/her institution, then this has to be a subaward, not a consulting agreement. I would be very uncomfortable using a consulting arrangement as a way around institutional factors, such as time and effort or indirect costs. Kim -----Original Message----- From: Dolce, Peter J [mailto:xxxxxx@MAIL.MMC.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:30 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: [RESADM-L] Consulting and Effort One of our PIs wants to engage a faculty member at another school as a collaborator. That faculty member already has 90% of her effort committed to grant-funded projects, and the remaining 10% is not sufficient to make the proposed collaboration convincing to the proposed sponsor. The solution proposed by the two investigators is list the collaborator as a consultant for ~$20,000. Is it a common practice to use the consulting mechanism to engage collaborators whose is effort fully committed to other projects? Peter J. Dolce, Ph.D., Director Office of Research Support Services Meharry Medical College 1005 DB Todd Boulevard Nashville, TN 37208 V 615 327 6703 F 615 327 6716 ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================