Believe me, I was surprised when I was told they would even consider it
as well - I always thought you just used expanded authorities to
rebudget between direct and indirect and took the hit.  I e-mailed the
Grants Policy general address and they sent me the information below:

Janet Holmberg
Grants & Contracts Specialist
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
505 348-9507

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Carolyn Elliott-Farino
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:41 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] FW: Indirect Cost Increase

Is that true (not that I doubt you, Jane), that NIH will consider
increasing the indirects if the rate has increased by at least 3% ? Ours
just increased by 4.8%. If this is true, will other agencies also
consider
this? I'm already salivating, thinking about the potential increase ...
Does it depend upon when the rate increase became official and when the
award was made? I have always believed that the rate used was the rate
in
effect at proposal time, unless, of course, the rate decreases, in which
case the government uses the lower rate (naturally).

Carolyn Elliott-Farino
Director, Contracts and Grants Administration
Kennesaw State University
770.423.6381
xxxxxx@kennesaw.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf
Of Holmberg, Janet
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:57 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] FW: Indirect Cost Increase

Janet Holmberg
Grants & Contracts Specialist
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
505 348-9507

-----Original Message-----
From: Holmberg, Janet
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:55 AM
To: 'HRI LISTSERV Server (15.0)'
Subject: Indirect Cost Increase

Hello -
My institution's indirect cost rate recently increased by 8% (!).
Thanks to advice from a fellow List-server I found out that NIH will
entertain requests for increased funding when indirect cost rates
increase by 3% or more.  I'm currently gathering the financial info I
need for the request, but the letter will be written and sent by our
CFO.  He asked me if I had a sample letter (which of course I don't).
So once again I'm turning to the List-serve to see if any of you can
offer me help.  Feel free to respond off-line - xxxxxx@lrri.org.
Thanks!!

Janet Holmberg
Grants & Contracts Specialist
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
505 348-9507

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