One other, somewhat related, possible exception -- when membership is
necessary to attend and present research findings at a professional
conference.  Journals subscriptions, unless they come with an
appropriate membership, are very very hard to justify as a direct cost
to a single project.

John

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Director, Office of Research Services
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-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
Behalf Of Herbert B. Chermside
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:52 PM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Memberships - allowable under OMB A-21?

Correct, UNLESS there is a specific need directly related to the project
for a membership that would not otherwise be held.  In that case, best
to have sponsor permission (or specifically include in budget  and
justify), and maybe hold the subscription in the institution name (but
don't do that it you have to pay a higher library cost!)

Chuck

At 01:47 AM 2/3/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I hope that someone out there can help me to resolve an issue that has
>come up between our central office and one of our PIs.
>
>I want to make sure that we are interpreting OMB A-21, section J28
>(membership, subscriptions and professional activity costs) correctly.
>While the institution's memberships and subscriptions *are* allowable,
>individual (PI's, for example) memberships to professional
>organizations are *not* allowable, correct?
>
>Thanks,
>Susan
>
>
>Susan Pelton, Grants Administrator
>Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)
>San Francisco State University
>1600 Holloway Avenue, Admin 471
>San Francisco, CA 94132
>phone: 415/338-7090
>fax: 415/338-2493
>http://www.sfsu.edu/~orspwww/
>
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