Following is the language from the NRSA policy statement.  There is a
limit to the tuition (which should be calculated by trainee).  See
below.

For all Kirschstein-NRSA institutional research training grant awards,
this budget category (tuition, fees, and health insurance) is calculated
at the following rate: 100 percent of all costs up to $3,000 and 60
percent of costs above $3,000. Tuition, fees, and health insurance are
awarded as a lump sum that can be allocated (without the prior approval
of the NIH awarding office) based on recipient needs.

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/NIHGPS_Part11.htm#_Init
iation_of_Payback_Service

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Dorothy Canepari
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:00 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Kirschstein predoctoral tuition

Dear Colleagues,

I have a fairly simply question about T32 grants (I hope):

We were awarded a certain amount of money to cover tuition and fees for
6
predoctoral trainees under a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research
Service
Award Institutional Research Training Grant (T32). Is there a limit on
how
much money each predoctoral trainee can receive for tuition? Do we
divide
the tuition/fees award by 6 and cap each student's tuition at this
amount,
or can we spend various amounts on the different trainees as long as we
don't overspend the total allotment? The reason I ask is that some of
our
older students are taking only a few credit hours and are spending very
little on tuition, while the newer students are taking many more credits
and
spending much more. I've been given apposing advice on this topic and
want
to make sure I am following the rules correctly.

By the way, our original award was made in 2005, so we are still under
the
"old" rules for Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance.

Thank you for your help!

Dorothy

Dorothy Canepari
Finance Manager
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
and Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue, W200
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4960

Phone 216-368-3947
Fax 216-368-3055

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