My measure, consistently applied for 20 years, has been % of salaries and
wages.  That's the only way I can see to fairly measure "how much work"
with the data at hand.  And I ask for department head confirmation of the
PI's word.

Our "off campus" definition has the additional requirement that "rent is
directly allocated to the project".  No rent, no off-campus.  BUT note,
allocated to the "project", not to the sponsor's budget.  A project
conducted in someone else's facilities can have the rent (often evaluated
as A-110 suggests for third party contributions) as third party cost sharing.

Chuck

At 11:02 AM 4/30/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>How do others define Off Campus IC rates?  If a PI states "more than 50% of
>the work will be done off campus", do you just accept that as reality?  Do
>you ever try to verify how much will be done off campus?  Do you ever wonder
>if "off campus" is being abused?
>
>Have you ever read a budget justification and for the life of you not been
>able to figure out just WHY they are doing the work "off campus"?  Do you
>ask faculty to explain what they need for the work that your campus doesn't
>provide?  Do you get a satisfactory answer?
>
>Full of Questions -
>
>Thanks for any response.
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