Hi Kendra,

NSF allows inclusion of uncommitted effort in the proposal. The
uncommitted personnel contribution should be described in the
Equipment, Facilities and Other resources statement. The inclusion
should be descriptive in nature and should not contain any
quantifiable information.

In this statement the PI is encouraged to include the resources
available to the project, physical or personnel.

Thanks,

Raluca

On 7/20/12, Rauschenberger, Kendra <xxxxxx@unt.edu> wrote:
> I am interested in finding out how other institutions are handling inclusion
> of personnel in an NSF proposal with no effort/salary requested (they are
> included in the project description, but not the budget).
> NSF prohibits voluntary committed cost share.
> If the PI includes a faculty member, say, the Chair of the Dept. because his
> expertise would strengthen the proposal, but at no cost to the project,
> isn't this considered cost share?
>
> How are other institutions handling this?
>
> Very grateful for your input,
>
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