And this would be "voluntary committed" cost sharing, because it was
actually promised in the proposal.  Presumably you could have quoted a
researcher with a salary  below the cap -- well, that's the theory!.
Chuck

At 02:12 PM 4/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Pam,
>
>Here we consider the difference paid by the institution as cost
>sharing.  In your scenario it would be 17% chargeable and 3% cost sharing
>for a total of 20% effort on the grant.
>
>Lois Smith
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>The University of Akron
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Valentine, Pamela M. (Mo) [mailto:xxxxxx@ARCHILDRENS.ORG]
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>To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>Subject: [RESADM-L] Effort Reporting
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>
>I have a question regarding effort reporting for faculty members who are
>over the salary cap.  Here is the senario (totally made up): The faculty
>member's base salary is $200,000.  The faculty will devote 20% of time to
>the grant.
>
>171,900*.20 = $34,380.00 allowed on grant
>$34,380/200,000 = 17% effort of base salary
>
>With a salary cap of 171,900, would the faculty report 17% effort or 20%
>effort?
>
>I'm thinking the amount over the cap is paid by the Institution without
>recourse, so the amount of effort is still 20% on the grant.  Since the
>effort doesn't tie back to actual salary paid to the grant, does this
>present a problem?
>
>Mo Valentine, CRA
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