I think you could call it Consulting.

"Farnsworth, Franci" wrote:

> We have an unusal situation.   A piece of grant-funded oceanography
> equipment was lost while deployed, so the PI offered a reward to anyone who
> found it ($1000).     A publicly-funded employee found it and said he can't
> accept the reward, but asked if the reward could be sent to the "benevolent"
> society connected with his employment.    THE QUESTION:    Can we use
> federal grant funds to pay this reward?
>
> It certainly passes the "prudent person" test (the equipment is quite
> expensive, finding the equipment has research value even if the equipment is
> not salvageable .. and I believe that it still can be used, and it would
> have been paid to a private citizen who found it).    But "rewards" were not
> part of the original budget and I can't find anything related in a quick
> search of A-21.
>
> If you reply directly to me I'll post a summary to the list.
>
> Franci Farnsworth
>
> Frances Vinal Farnsworth
> Coordinator of Sponsored Research
> Munford House
> Middlebury College
> Middlebury, VT 05753
>
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> Fax:  802-443-2081
> Email:  xxxxxx@middlebury.edu
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