Anne,

We will comply with a funding agency's reduced or 0% indirect
requirements if it is their written policy. We will not reduce or
eliminate indirect on a commercial award. I can't say that the reduction
or elimination of indirect plays a role in the decision to propose or
not propose.

Our off-campus rate is used if the funding agency is providing the
workspace for the employee (thus, eliminating our "facilities"
expenditure). The fact that they may be doing things off campus isn't an
automatic reason for charging the off-campus rate--we look at who is
providing the facilities. (For instance, going all over creation to
interview people for a study doesn't constitute off-campus.) We used to
have two rates & two account numbers for situations that involved
on-campus & off-campus effort for the same award but have gravitated to
using "preponderance of effort" and it has worked out fine with less
administrative work.

Val Seaquist
Office of Sponsored Programs
The University of Alabama in Huntsville

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Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:55 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: [RESADM-L] Variable Indirect Cost Rate

Good morning,

Can any of you tell me how your organization deals with situations in
which
the PI presents with a funding source that doesn't allow indirect costs
or
supports indirects at a rate less than your organization's approved
indirect
cost rate? What criteria does your organization use to decide which
applications to support as the grantee organization?

On a related topic, for those of you whose organization charges a
different
indirect cost rate depending on whether the research is conducted on or
offsite, how does your organization determine onsite & offsite indirect
cost
rates?

Any information you can provide would be appreciated. If you'd like, you
can
respond to me offline at xxxxxx@thegenevafoundation.org. Thank you in
advance for your help.

Anne Reedy
The Geneva Foundation
3315 S. 23rd Street, Suite 209
Tacoma, WA 98405
Phone - 253.862.1104
Fax - 253.383.8874

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