What's important is you are proposing in your grant application a five year
project, hence you can only budget for indirects from the first $25K over
the entire project period.  It doesn't matter how you do your subcontracts
once awarded.  Most institutions do annual incremental funding.

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Subject: [RESADM-L] MTDC/subaward question

Hi folks,

Quick question:
If we are developing a 5-year budget, and included in that budget is a
subaward to another institution (let's say it's a total of $250,000 over the
entire 5-year project period), is my institution allowed to take indirect
costs from the first $25k for each project year, or only the entire project
period?

Our institution tends to do one year contracts on such multiyear projects
for subcontracts, and renew them each year; however, my argument is that the
project is one large scope of work for a multiyear period, and as such, we
should only take indirects from the first $25k for the total five year cost
of the subaward.

I would appreciate everyone's take on this.

Thanks!
Scott

Scott Niles, MA, CRA
Grants and Contracts Administrator
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Morehead State University
901 Ginger Hall
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone: 606-783-2278
Fax: 606-783-2130
Web site: http://www.moreheadstate.edu/research

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