1.  Postage, even overnight cannot be more than $25
2.  Tell her to call the grants office or her like department of the
local college or university and ask for a loan.
3.  Big conference?  Every person there will have a laptop, post a big
sign asking for the specific model
4.  Vendors?  check with them for a loan.
5.  Put the presentation on a portable drive before the battery runs
out and use someone else's computer.

And no, cannot charge to the grant.
Bob
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Robert Beattie
UMich e-Business Point of Contact
UMich Grants.gov Liaison
Managing Senior Project Representative for Electronic Research
Administration
Division of Research Development and Administration
University of Michigan
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Member, NIH Commons Working Group
Member, FDP eRA Standing Committee and Grants.gov Joint Application
Design Team

On Oct 28, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Honaker, Lewis wrote:

Hello everyone,

We have a PI who has travelled about 500 miles to present material at
a conference for a federal grant.  She will be presenting tomorrow
morning, but has realized that she forgot the power cord to her Dell
laptop.  Her department keeps asking if the federal grant can pay for
a) the overnight express mail charges to get her power cord to her or
b) reimburse her for purchasing a new power cord.

I told them that the grant cannot pay for the postage or a new power
cord because it is not a reasonable expense.  She should be able to
borrow one from someone else at the conference or from the hotel,
right? Either expense will be about $100.

Please let me know if you agree or disagree.

Lewis J. Honaker
Grants Administrator
Wheeling Jesuit University
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