"Rent allocated to project"  -- read CAREFULLY!  and PRECISELY!
The "project" includes both the sponsor's funds and any institutional or
third party contribution (becomes cost sharing if recorded).

If you are doing a project "off campus" and need to rent the space, you can
charge the rent to the project and use the off-campus rate.

Also USEFUL -- If doing a project in someone else's space, for example an
outreach project in space provided by a local agency, count that space as
either rented (in which case actually pay rent, and budget for it) or
document that the space is cost-shared by that third party (include in a
subaward agreement if making a subaward).  In either case, use your
off-campus rate.

Chuck

At 10:31 AM 4/13/2005, you wrote:
>The "Rate Agreement Input Form Definitions" from DHHS states the following:
>
>"For all activities performed in facilities not owned by the organization
>and to which rent is directly allocated to the project, the off-site rate
>will apply."
>
>When deciding when to apply an off-campus rate, be it for a portion of a
>project or, if more that 50% is being done off-campus, the entire project,
>is rent as a budget item a requirement?  The DHHS definition would seem to
>say so.
>
>Any help is appreciated.
>
>--
>Tim Kirby
>Director, Research and Sponsored Programs
>Montclair State University
>College Hall, Room 309
>Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
>phone 973-655-7534
>fax 973-655-5150
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