Re: Looking for offbeat examples of costs Pamela K Mott 30 May 2007 10:55 EST
One of our current studies is on the effect of spinal cord injury or MS on female sexual response, and it includes a therapeutic component. Would love to have been in grants and contracts accounting as they reviewed the purchase orders for EROS vibrators and xxx-rated porn videos! Pam -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Jean C. Linder Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:43 AM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Looking for offbeat examples of costs I just thought of another one: One professor was studying sexual behavior in male rats, as influenced by the hormonal status of the females. As he didn't want his female rats to get pregnant in every round of testing, he needed by buy a special super-flexible brand of masking tape to use a barrier contraceptive. The males apparently didn't notice this brand when it was stuck to the females, but wouldn't perform if they used the standard, less-flexible brand available at the campus storehouse. -Jean At 08:05 AM 5/30/2007, you wrote: >I am doing a presentation on budgeting and am looking for offbeat >examples of costs that have been budgeted on proposals or that the PI >has submitted for reimbursement. Below is an example from Maggie >Griscavage submitted to the list in May 2006. >**************************************** >Hi Everyone! >It's Spring up here, so forgive me for being a little frivolous. >Had a query on a Procard use where a charge hit a party shop. ...Here's >a real life answer, suitably scrubbed... > >"The invoice from the party place should reflect mustaches and spirit >gum for their application. I purchased these items because I trap birds >for my research and am in great need of disguises...believe it or not >the birds I work with know me. >I thought that may look suspicious to you..." > >And, yes, I allowed the charges! This PI gets my top score for honesty.. >Maggie >(not-so-frozen North) > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jean C. Linder Contract & Grant Officer Univ. of California, San Diego Ofc. of Contract & Grant Admin. voice: (858) 534-0244 9500 Gilman Drive, 0934 fax: (858) 534-0280 La Jolla, CA 92093-0934 e-mail: xxxxxx@ucsd.edu OCGA Web Site: http://ocga3.ucsd.edu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================