Wouldn't using a negative number decrease the overall request and award?  This would mean the equipment is being provided free of charge AND something else is also not being paid for.  Better to list as ZERO.

[I can't think of any case where using negatives would make sense.  However, Jerry and George told me that is all very common in "bizarro world."]

Charlie

At 09:32 AM 9/24/2004, you wrote:
>I have done this a couple of times in the past when a PI wanted to show
>the cost of a piece of equipment that was being supplied by the
>university, and the Program Officer also wanted it reflected in the
>budget. I thought it had great potential to be confusing to a
>contracting officer and that it would have been better handled in the
>justification, but in both cases the proposals were awarded without a
>hitch.
>
>Diane
>
>Diane Barrett
>Assistant Director
>Research & Sponsored Programs
>University of Wisconsin-Madison
>
>>>> xxxxxx@ORACLE.COM 9/23/2004 9:12:19 PM >>>
>Is there a case where one enters a negative amount in a grant proposal
>budget, or, are the numbers entered in the budget always positive
>numbers?  If negative amounts are entered in a grant proposal budget,
>could you please give me an example of what that budget line would be?
>
>Thank you,
>Ravi Shankar
>Oracle Corporation
>
>
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