As noted many times on this listserv, salaries are not to be inflated
for the purposes of a grant.  From your description the larger base
salary at the other site is dependent solely upon this collaboration =
an increase based on an award.

Robert Aull
Indiana University

At 02:17 PM 7/8/2004, you wrote:
>We have a faculty member who is conducting research in collaboration
with
>another institution on an NIH grant. She wants to submit an R01 through
the
>other organization naming herself as PI. Initially, the proposal (for
2.5M)
>was to be submitted by us, but since much of the work will occur at the
>other site, she is requesting that we become a subcontractor and that
the
>other organization take the lead.  The other organization wants to
allocate
>part of her time to the prime budget (theirs)  and part of her time to
the
>subcontract budget (ours).  In effect, she would be PI for the prime
and
>subaward.  To complicate matters further, her base salary here will be
less
>than the base salary used by the submitting institution. Has anyone
ever
>run into a situation like this before?  Aside from the fact that we
have
>been working on this for over a month and now the tables have turned,
is
>any of this kosher?? The other organization claims to do this sort of
thing
>all the time and wants to enter a consortial agreement with us.  Please
>advise!
>
>Donna Berger, Ph.D.
>Coordinator, Academic Grants
>Marist College
>Phone: 845-575-3670
>
>
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