Hi Jeannine,

We have the same problem - but we are including them under contractual since they are the evaluators under the project. Our stance is that this is where the RFP says to include evaluators. As Donna mentioned, how would be pay partners otherwise, especially with the level of involvement they will have on the project?

I think a lot of people are in the same loop.

Good luck!
Elise

Elise Dantuma, MBA | Sr. Proposal Manager
Office of Research & Commercialization | University of Central Florida
12201 Research Parkway, Suite 501 | Orlando, FL 32826-3246
P: (407) 882-0271 | F: (407) 823-3299 | xxxxxx@ucf.edu | www.research.ucf.edu

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Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] FITW sub-awards

Jeannine,

We were told by a program officer's email  that subawards were not allowed.
We tried to get clarity on this but to no avail. After several unanswered phone calls to the agency, we plan to use the contractual line item for the partner subcontracts as described in EDGAR.  However, the FITW budget guidelines state that the contractual line is to be used for the evaluators.  I don't see how you can pay partners from other institutions without having subcontracts. but then again I don't know how they can call this a "training grant" with 8% indirects when this is clearly a research proposal. I will be curious to learn how others are handling this too.

Donna Berger, Ph.D.
Director, Academic Grants
Marist College
Phone: 845-575-3670

From:	Jeannine Zuber <xxxxxx@FOUNDATION.SDSU.EDU>
To:	xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org,
Date:	06/11/2015 03:46 PM
Subject:	[RESADM-L] FITW sub-awards
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Does anyone have any best practices for handling partners for the Department of Education's First in the World opportunities?  Sub-awards are not allowed, so are you including these costs as contractual?

Jeannine Zuber
Development Specialist III
SDSU Research Foundation
(619) 594-4602 (phone)
xxxxxx@foundation.sdsu.edu

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