Re: maintenance/service contracts for equipment Donna A. DeLuca 06 Aug 2004 08:32 EST
Joyce, We have essentially the same requirement as you. When submitting a modular budget to NIH, we require that the PI complete form page 4 (year 1 budget) and form page 5 (budget for entire project period) for internal purposes only. This is the only way we can ensure that sufficient personnel and IDC money has been requested. Donna ______________________________________ Donna DeLuca Grant Administrator, Office of Sponsored Programs xxxxxx@health.state.ny.us PH (518) 431-1261 FAX (518) 431-1234 Joyce Davies <xxxxxx@NEOUCOM. To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG EDU> cc: Sent by: Research Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] maintenance/service contracts for Administration equipment List <xxxxxx@HRINET. ORG> 08/06/2004 08:56 AM Please respond to Research Administration Discussion List Hi, I have another question to put before the group for which I need advice. We have had requests from the faculty to reduce our budget requirements for proposals being submitted to agencies like the NIH that are modular or just in time or whatever. They don't require much information on the front end related to the budget but we still require the faculty to prepare budgets so that we know they've thought about their needs and have accounted for sufficient funding for personnel, etc. We also need to know equipment or subcontract needs in order to calculate the indirect costs. Then we just need a ballpark figure to cover other expenses such as supplies, travel, duplicating, phone, maintanence, etc. They feel this is too much work and say that no other schools require this at the front end, only after it is funded. My question to all of you... is this true? Do you have a more streamlined method of proposal budget prep that requires less work for both the PI and our office? My concern is that if we don't require them to think about it at the front end, they won't request the right amount of funding and then it's too late to say to the agency, we need more. Thanks for you help and I look forward to hearing from anyone willing to help me. Joyce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joyce M. Davies, CPA Manager, Grants Accounting Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine 4209 SR 44, PO Box 95 Rootstown OH 44272 phone: 330-325-6369 fax: 330-325-7943 email: xxxxxx@neoucom.edu ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================