We all seem to agree that voluntary cost share is not a good idea. Here
is my few cents worth to add to this conversation.

The federal government does not make it easy to proof this point to the
PI's. The following language is unfortunately appearing in great many of
RFP's from USDA: "The amount of institutional and third-party cash and
non-cash matching support for each proposed project will be used as the
primary criterion to break any ties (when applications are equally rated
in merit) resulting from the application review process conducted by the
peer reviewers".

Zoya Hamilton
Associate Director
of Research and 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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