Sorry.  Clicked send too quickly!

This seems important and has been echoed in some direct replies.  While an
auditor will not travel to a subrecipient in Bangladesh, the cost
documentation we receive from the subrecipient is likely to be suspect and
unverifiable.  I like the idea of a fixed fee approach w/milestones that
many have suggested.  I have also received some very good advice on
advancing funds, both to the list and directly.  Thanks very much to all
who replied.

Jeff

At 11:34 AM 5/7/03 -0500, you 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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