New guidelines were issued for the MRI program  (nsf05-515  Posted October
29, 2004 ) stating that cost sharing is no longer required so we do not plan
on including it. See http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05515

No new guidelines have been posted yet for the ERC program whose guidelines
still state a 20% cost sharing requirement.

My understanding is the same as below... that for programs with guidelines
issued before Oct 14 it is up to program officer/directorate whether to stay
with those guidelines and require cost sharing...or request that new
guidelines be posted saying it is no longer necessary. Those posted after
Oct 14 will not include it.
Terri

Terri M. Hall
Associate Director of Sponsored Programs (eRA)
Office of Research
University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-7378   Fax: (574) 631-6630
http://www.nd.edu/~research

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joyce Niejako" <xxxxxx@UCONN.EDU>
To: <xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] NSF MRI Program and New Cost Sharing Policy

> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.
> >
> > --
> > Jennifer Donais, CRA
> > Associate Director
> > Office of Grant & Contract Administration
> > Research Administration Building
> > 70 Butterfield Terrace
> > University of Massachusetts
> > Amherst, MA 01003
> > (413) 545-5888  FAX (413) 577-1595
> > http:://www.umass.edu/research/ogca
> >
> > Please Note:  My email address has changed.  I am now at
> xxxxxx@research.umass.edu    Please make a note of this. Thank you!
> >
> >
> >
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