Dear Colleagues,

Do you think that a "continuation fee" for a PhD student is allowable
under R36? A continuation fee is an annual fee that PhD students pay
until they graduate after they
have finished the tuition obligations for the degree. The payment is to
the school, not to the student.

Here is from the terms and conditions of the award:
"These awards support research activities related to preparation of a
dissertation... Allowable costs include the investigator's salary (not
to exceed the current predoctoral fellow level for 12 months full-time
effort approved by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services),... costs for research assistants' salaries, and direct
research project expenses, such as data processing, payments to
subjects, supplies, consultants, and dissertation costs (e.g., printing
and binding of the dissertation). No tuition, alteration/renovations,
contracting costs, faculty salary, or space rental are allowed on
dissertation research grants."

Thanks for your input as always.

--
Zoya Hamilton, CRA
Sr. Associate Director, Research Administration
Office of the Vice Provost
Tufts University
Tel (617) 636-6709
Fax (617) 636-2917
http://www.tufts.edu/central/

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