We did not do this.  (Certainly, cover letter is not the place.)

Our institutional commitment was described in the REUIRED SECTION in the
narrative.  I think the fact that a statement of commitment is required
within a page limited section means that your attaching text addressing
that issue elsewhere could be seen as an attempt to circumvent page
limits.

With all due respect to your insistent PI, letterhead and signatures mean
less than some serious statements about money committed, past, present,
and future.  The institutional submits the application and must stand
behind the contents.

CH

> Charlie,
> One of our PI's (who has reviewed NIH construction grants before)
> insists that we should attach a letter of institutional commitment
> signed by our President. We don't see anywhere we could attach a letter
> and feel we should address this in the narrative section under Project
> Management and Institutional Commitment.
> Any thoughts?
>
> Claudine Riccillo
> Associate Director
> Office of Research & Sponsored Projects
> University of Texas at El Paso
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
> Behalf Of Charlie Hathaway
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:54 AM
> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] HELP! C06 QUESTION
>
> I disagree.  Please see email below.
>
> AND..please tell me if you already submitted a 40 pager for an
> earlier deadline.  ??
>
> Charlie
>
>
> From: "McCullough, Willie (NIH/NCRR) [E]" <xxxxxx@mail.nih.gov>
> To: Charlie Hathaway <xxxxxx@aecom.yu.edu>, "Nelson, Barbara
> (NIH/NCRR) [E]"
>          <xxxxxx@mail.nih.gov>
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 18:22:30 -0400
> Subject: RE: C06 page limits
>
> Dr. Hathaway,
>
> The 20 page Project Narrative includes the line-up-on-line narrative
> of the following less the tables and line drawings:
>
> Specific Aims:
> Background:
> Improvement Plans:
> Significance and Need: (grant tables do not count against the 20 pages)
> Project Management and Institutional Commitment:
> Design Considerations:
>          Engineering Criteria:
>          Architectural Criteria:
> Line Drawings: (do not counted against the 20 pages)
> Equipment:
> Project Timeline:
>
> The grant support tables and line drawings may exceed the 40 page
> limit that will trigger a warning that the PDF file is more than the
> 40 page limit.  A warning is OK so you may add more than 20 pages of
> tables and line drawings.
>
> Regards,
>
> Willie
>
>
>
>
>
> At 01:40 PM 7/9/2009, you wrote:
>>We have interpreted the Project Narrative to consist of all the
>>sections, with page requirements for Specific Aims, Background and
>>Improvement to be no more than 20 pp.  But together with the
>>remaining sections (Significance and Need, Project Management and
>>Institutional Commitment, Design Considerations, Equipment and
>>Project Timelines) the total cannot exceed 40 pp (with line drawings
>>and tables exempt from limit).
>>
>>I confirmed with NIH regarding the Equipment and this is the response:
>>For #10 Equipment, we assume that since this is included as part of
>>the Project Narrative, the inclusion of it here as a separate
>>attachment is not necessary?  Yes, you are correct.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
>>Behalf Of Charlie Hathaway
>>Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:49 PM
>>To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
>>Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] HELP! C06 QUESTION
>>
>>It was written (or indented) very poorly.
>>
>>Yes...all those sections are part of the 20 pages.  Only line
>>drawings and REQUIRED tables, which will be within these sections,
>>are not counted against the 20 pp total.
>>
>>At 12:35 PM 7/9/2009, you wrote:
>> >Ok, we're putting together our C06 application and I have an
> important
>> >formatting question:
>> >In the "instructions", under Project Narrative, it states that the
>> >Specific Aims, Background and Improvement Plans cannot exceed 20
> pages.
>> >However following that there are sections for Significance and Need,
>> >Project Management and Institutional Commitment, Design
> Considerations,
>> >Equipment and Project Timelines.  Are THESE sections also part of the
>> >PROJECT NARRATIVE? And if so, then that would exceed 20 pages?  Or
>> >should they be loaded under Facilities and Other Resources and
>> >Equipment sections of Research and Related Other Project Information
>> >Form??
>> >
>> >THANKS!!!
>> >
>> >Matthew D. Katz, MHA
>> >Assistant Vice President,
>> >Sponsored Research and Contract Management Western University of
> Health
>> >Sciences
>> >309 E. 2nd Street
>> >Pomona, CA  91766
>> >(909) 469-5567
>> >(909) 469-5569 FAX
>> >
>> >
>> >
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