Thank you Liz and Elsa, and thank you "modular budgets".  With R03/R21, I sense things will be ok.

I plan to be a tetrapod by February, but for now will spend some more time in the pond, awaiting further intelligent design.

CH

At 01:55 PM 5/5/2006, you wrote:
>NIH has a new page that is quite nice--clean, clear, concise. Under
>"avoiding common errors" is the text
>
>       "    Total Cost Does Not Equal Direct and Indirect Costs
>
>    Check your math on this one
>
>    Ensure that the direct costs and the indirect costs (G + H) on
>Section F-K must EQUAL the Total Direct and Indirect Costs (G + H) on
>the Cumulative Budget page. Only whole numbers should be used on the
>budget page, no decimals. Round calculations DOWN to the nearest dollar.
>IDC rates cannot exceed 99 on any line. "
>
>I don't know if this is a resolution to the problem, but it appears to
>be instructions on avoiding the issue.
>         cheers, Elsa
>
>Elsa G. Nadler, EdD
>Grants Manager
>Department of Community Medicine
>1 Medical Center Drive
>PO Box 9190
>West Virginia University
>Morgantown, WV 26506-9190
>
>Tel: 304/293-3546
>Fax: 304/293-6685
>
>>>> xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU 05/05/06 1:04 PM >>>
>Did the indirect cost calculation problem in PureEdge that messed up
>some AREA grant submissions get resolved?
>
>Are whole numbers for $ base or 2 decimal figure rates required?
>
>Thanks
>
>Charlie
>
>
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