Salary beyond the cap is not an unallowable cost, it is an allowable cost
that the sponsor refuses to pay.  You can, and should, count it as
voluntary committed cost share.

Chuck

At 08:51 AM 4/23/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>It's my understanding that you cannot count salary above the cap as cost
>share.  Cost share can only include allowable costs, and salary above
>the cap is not an allowable cost, according to the government.
>Sheila L. Vrana, Ph.D.
>Asst. Dean for Research
>Wake Forest University Health Sciences
>
>
>Date:    Fri, 18 Apr 2003 14:12:35 -0400
>From:    "Smith,Lois M" <xxxxxx@UAKRON.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Effort Reporting
>
>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
>Assoc. Controller, Sponsored Programs
>The University of Akron
>330-972-6563
>xxxxxx@uakron.edu
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Valentine, Pamela M. (Mo) [mailto:xxxxxx@ARCHILDRENS.ORG]
>Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 1:28 PM
>To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>Subject: [RESADM-L] Effort Reporting
>
>
>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
>Research Systems Administrator
>Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
>1120 Marshall Street
>Little Rock, AR 72022
>(501) 364-3570 phone
>(501) 364-6859 fax
>
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