Re: Museums Herbert B. Chermside 10 Nov 2004 15:07 EST
It is certainly possible to do research -- scholarly activity -- in a museum. However, most who fund such activities are likely to have significant restrictions on the amount of F&A they pay -- fact of life! Similarly for instruction. However, if you also have F&A rates for "Other sponsored Programs", that would be appropriate for all other museum activities. And, again, even those activities may be funded by sources who have limits on F&A. These limitations of F&A should be given strong consideration under your F&A collection policy, as Museum activities are a real plus for an institution, even is you have to "eat" F&A. And in almost all cases, unrecovered F&A can be cost sharing, something these funding sources like a lot. Chuck At 10:02 AM 11/9/2004, you wrote: >I would say that research is research. All nonexternally funded activities >of the museum are academic support. If you receive an NEA/NEH grant to >exhibit, that would be a sponsored activity and could be classified >variously as public service, instruction, etc. The institutional support of >the day to day museum activities and permanent exhibits would be academic >support. > >My humble opinion. > >Greg > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Patricia M Territo" <xxxxxx@LSU.EDU> >To: <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG> >Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 7:42 PM >Subject: [RESADM-L] Museums > > >>To All: >> >>According to NACUBO, museum activities should be reported as "Academic >>Support." What happens if the museum is being awarded grants for other >>purposes (i.e. research, instruction, public service, >>etc.)................ >>can they be reported as such? Or should ALL museum activities be reported >>as "Academic Support" regardless of the purpose of the grants? >> >>Thanks in advance for your responses. >> >>************************************* >>Patricia M. Territo >>Director >>Sponsored Program Accounting >>Louisiana State University >>E-mail: xxxxxx@lsu.edu >>Phone # (225) 578-2204 >>Fax # (225) 578-4421 >>************************************* >> >> >>====================================================================== >>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") >====================================================================== Herbert "Chuck" Chermside, CRA 1915 Robindale Rd. Richmond, VA 23235-3931 804-320-5502 xxxxxx@verizon.net ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================