I am very interested in the responses you get.  We have a similar
problem - but t is with our accounting office.  Since our IDC rate
includes administration - if a VP heads up a project - our accounting
office does not want me to even list their names and time as contributed
although I do not add IDC on top of their contributed time.  So how do I
show their involvement?

Susan W. Meslang
Director of Grants and Sponsored  Programs
Tidewater Community College
500 East Main Street
Norfolk VA 23510
P.O. Box 9000
Norfolk VA 23509
Office 757 822-1773
Cell 757 409-2887
Fax 757 822-1007
xxxxxx@tcc.edu

>>> xxxxxx@UAPB.EDU 08/18/05 10:30 AM >>>
Greetings,

NSF did not allow us to put in the budget indirect costs based on cost
shared salaries (our rate is a percentage of salaries and wages). They
referenced NSF Grant Proposal Manual Section 333.5 d. This section
says
the following:

"...when direct cost items are contributed to the project, any
indirect
costs related to that item may not be charged to the project. Those
indirect costs may, of course, be counted as part of the
contribution."

I think the person at NSF misunderstands the idea of a base for
indirect
costs rate. She is probably thinking that we are trying to double
charge
salaries.

Have any of you experienced a similar situation? How do you understand
this section in the NSF Manual?

Thank you for your replies. If you respond to me directly, please note
that I will be out of the office for two days.

Zoya Hamilton
Associate Director of Sponsored Programs
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Mail Slot 4978
1200 North University Drive
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
tel. (870) 575-8076
fax (870) 575-4672
email: xxxxxx@uapb.edu

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