Jennifer,

We inquired about this when we were submitting ERC proposals and received
the following reply.  It appears we should check with each Directorate
individually.

On October 14, the National Science Board approved a change in the current
National Science Foundation policy on cost sharing on solicited research.
Because it will take time to implement this policy, the NSF Office of
Budget, Finance, and Award Management has left it to the discretion of the
Directorates to decide if cost sharing will be required for currently open
solicitations.  The Assistant Director for Engineering, John Brighton, made
the decision to continue to require cost sharing in open solicitations, such
as the ERC solicitation.  Therefore, ERC preproposals will be required to
include a commitment for 20 percent cost sharing as stipulated in NSF
04-570.

Lynn Preston, Leader of the Engineering Research Centers Program

Gary Gabriele, Director, Division of Engineering Education and Centers

Thanks!  Joyce

Joyce E. Niejako
Grants & Contracts Specialist, OSP
University of Connecticut
Phone: (860) 486-8798     Fax: (860) 486-3726
xxxxxx@uconn.edu
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From: "Jennifer Donais" <xxxxxx@RESEARCH.UMASS.EDU>
To: <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:17 PM
Subject: [RESADM-L] NSF MRI Program and New Cost Sharing Policy

> In light of NSF's newly published policy saying no cost sharing is
> required FOR the majority of NSF proposals, we are wondering what other
> insitutions are doing for MRI proposals, which typically fund large
> pieces of equipment and traditionally have a large institutional match
> component.  Are most folks going to show the match in the budget
> narrative and not on Line M?  Or not show it at all in the proposal?
> How do people feel this will effect proposal success rates?
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
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