And the beat goes on right girlfriend?  I had a great dinner with Sherri.  Her little
tummy was starting to show!  I told her if she needs me that I am here for her.  I
will step in as temporary mom until you can get here.  I would be honored to be
second to the Queen!  No, seriously as the time comes closer I will make myself
available.  I can sit in a waiting room or do whatever so Eric and Sherri have a
sense of security in knowing that a "mom" is there.  That is until the big guns come
in.  I remember my first and I was scared like everyone else of the unknown.  A
little hand holding never hurt anyone.  Anyway better get back to work.

love you Queenie!

"Barnes, Gloria" wrote:

> As an institution that recently was audited by the US Inspector Generals'
> office of NSF, I would not pay monies up-front.  NSF looked at each
> sub-contract and costs on the invoices.  They visited one of our large
> sub-recipients at their location. They interviewed the faculty, staff, and
> students paid from the NSF grants at our institution and  one of the
> sub-recipient locations. They looked at the Time and Effort Certification
> reports and visted on-going research projects. This was the most
> comprehensive review that we have ever had.
>
> Gloria A. Barnes
> Grants Senior Accountant
> The University of South Dakota
> 210 Slagle Grants Accounting
> 414 E. Clark
> Vermillion, SD 57069
> phone 605-677-5077
> Fax 605-677-5078
> xxxxxx@usd.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Myers [mailto:xxxxxx@SIU.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:49 AM
> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
> Subject: [RESADM-L] NSF Subaward to Foreign Univ.
>
> Hi all:
>
> We are in the process of subawarding funds from an NSF grant to a
> university in Bangladesh (per the proposal).  We have executed foreign
> subawards before without any problems.  However, in this case the foreign
> university insists on an up-front payment of at least 50% rather than cost
> reimbursement.  They say they cannot afford to do their part
> otherwise.  Our grant accounting division says we cannot advance funds from
> federal awards in this manner, it must be cost reimbursement.  We cannot
> find any references to this type of situation in the NSF terms and
> conditions or federal circulars.  Thoughts or experience on this
> anyone?  Thanks in advance.
>
> Jeff Myers
> Southern Illinois University
>
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