Hi Kate,

Was this guidance provided to you by a sponsor? or internal?

Cheers,

Pam

Pamela Plotkin, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
Cornell University
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Kate McCormick wrote:
> Hi Diane. We have been told to add a line item for a "Stiumulus
> Project Specialist" who will be someone in our sponsored programs
> office who will "oversee stimulus grants, including monitoring of
> expenses and assisting the PIs in the submission of timely, accurate,
> and complete reporting."
>
> Here's how they told us to calculate the salary:
>
> The salary budgeted for year-one effort of the “Stimulus Project
> Specialist” should be calculated by taking the Total Direct Costs
> (“TDC”) (before adding Specialist costs), dividing by the number of
> proposed project years, and multiplying by 3.5%. The resulting
> Specialist year-one salary will then be subject to employee fringe
> benefits and overhead. Salary for subsequent years will be based on
> the salary for year one as calculated above, with yearly cost of
> living adjustments as applicable.
>
> Kate
>
> At 09:21 AM 4/21/2009, Diane Domanovics wrote:
>> Is anyone including a line item for administrative salaries on ARRA
>> proposals? If so, are you using a set % of time or another
>> methodology for determining costs?
>>
>> Thanks, Diane
>>
>>
>>
>> Diane Domanovics
>> Assistant Vice President for Research
>> Case Western Reserve University
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> Kate McCormick, CRA
> Senior Grants Administrator
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