Yes, we had a different total cost and indirect cost base and it was
accepted (after three attempts with errors for other reasons).

Carol

Plotkin, Pamela T. wrote:

> Earlier today I emailed the list to ask about the error message we
> continue to receive for 4 of our AREA grant applications:
>
> “Indirect Cost Funds Requested for budget year 1 must equal the
> product of Indirect Cost Rate and Indirect Cost Base for the same
> year- Error”
>
> I’ve had some great suggestions from y’all out there about how to fix
> this but none have applied to our specific situation yet. What I
> failed to mention in my message earlier is that we have had 3
> applications go through without this error.
>
> I just studied our grant applications accepted against the ones
> rejected to get some clues and there is one difference between them:
>
> For all of the grant applications accepted, the indirect cost base
> equals the total direct costs.
>
> For all of the grant applications not accepted thus far, the indirect
> cost base does not equal the total direct costs. We have a MTDC base
> and we did not include tuition or equipment in our IDC calculation.
>
> Has anyone out there had an AREA grant application submitted with a
> different indirect cost base and total direct cost?
>
> Pam
>
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Director of Sponsored Programs
Augsburg College
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