David,

The terminology is okay.  But, you are correct in saying that we "recover" F&A costs.  The distribution of the "recovered" costs was the question, and most answered (appropriately) that a formula exists on the
respective campuses that "returns" a portion of the "recovered" funds directly to the people and projects on campus most likely to have generated the costs.  F&A is collected in arrears.  It is not a tax or reward.

Jim

"David R. Fielder" 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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