Re: Post Award help with IDC rate agreements Stephens, Martha F. 21 Sep 2007 09:16 EST
You may want to do some research with the OIG or Federal Audit Clearing House. While DHHS and ONR are the two major cognizant agencies they are by no means the only ones (DoED has many and there are several other agencies too). If the majority of your funding has come from one agency then they could be considered your cognizant agency. Have you talked to anyone at HRSA and asked them if they have recommendations on how to fill out their form based on your situation (the form may not really important since they are only going to pay the 8% anyway--having useless forms in a package wouldn't be a first). Fran Stephens, CRA Proposal Development Specialist The University of Oklahoma Proposal Services 731 Elm Ave., Robertson Hall Rm.214 Norman, OK 73019 Tel: (405)325-3904 Fax: (405) 325-7750 E-Mail: xxxxxx@ou.edu Proposal Services Homepage: http://research.ou.edu -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of PD Lipscomb Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 2:06 PM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: [RESADM-L] Post Award help with IDC rate agreements For anyone with patience, I have an IDC question. I am new to my institution, and we do not have a negotiated IDC rate with HHS. I have been asked to certify our IDC rate with a simple form provided to the project director for an ED grant that was awarded. They have received the grant for the past several years, but this is the first time they have been asked for this type of information. For the past several years we have been using 17.5%, which we negotiated with the National Park Service. This was before my time, so I don't know if "negotiated" is the right word. However, they did use that same rate "agreement" on a HRSA application that was recently funded ($818,000), and it was accepted? So, since HRSA accepted the 17.5%, does that mean HRSA can be considered a cognizant agency, or is it only HHS and ONR? If so, can I now use the HRSA grant as my new "agreement" since they have accepted the rate? The HRSA award is capped at 8%, and the Dept. of Ed/Student Support Services award is capped at 8% - so which response is most appropriate? Should I just put no - since we don't have the agreement and the 8% will be awarded anyway? Or, should I put pending and request a provisional rate from HHS? The trouble here is the certification form has to be returned by 10/1/07. The verification form that I need to sign says: 1) Do you have an Indirect Cost Rate Agreement approved by the Federal government? __________Yes ____________ No Since it doesn't say "cognizant agency", what would be appropriate? 2) If yes, please provide the following information: Period Covered by the Indirect Cost Rate Agreement: From: ___________ To:______________ Approving Federal agency: _________ED ____________Other (Please Specify) Am I off track on this? What do you think? Thanks so much for any input you might have! ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================