Would someone who responded initially to Betty (with a formula) please also now respond to David?  I'm not a budget person and am confused.  Is this a question of semantics?  Or are IDCs being recovered improperly?

Charlie Hathaway

At 09:21 AM 2/14/03 -0800, you wrote:
>IMHO, we would all be better off if we ceased using this terminology.  The IDC recovery process is to reimburse actual, audited (A133) F&A expenses.  It is not some sort of "reward/largesse" from the NIH.
>
>How about calling this process what it really is - A Reward Based On Received Grant Funding With Full IDC - utilizing internal institutional funds?  There's nothing wrong with rewards, but clarity helps, usually.
>
>Maybe this would help reduce investigators thinking we administrators are all running some sort of shell game?
>
>        David
>
>At 12:00 AM -0500 2/14/03, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>>On 2/13/2003, Farbman Betty A wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Friends:
>>>
>>> I know that we've asked this over time, but folks change their distributions
>>> from time to time, and an update would be most appreciated.
>>>
>>> Could folks please provide the following information:
>>>
>>> 1) Does your institution distribute the F&A recoveries?
>>> 2) What is your institution's formula for distribution? (e.g. - PI, Dept,
>>> Dean, etc.)
>>>
>>> I'd be happy to post the information received to the list.
>>>
>>> THANKS in advance
>>>
>>> Betty Farbman
>>> St. John's University
>>> xxxxxx@stjohns.edu
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