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Recruiting Costs Nancy Peterson 27 Apr 1995 14:51 EST

My Business Office wants to charge search costs (advertising, travel, etc.)
for employees hired through grant funds to the grant account.  I assume this
cannot be done if the search is conducted before the grant period begins,
but I don't believe I've ever seen search costs written into any grants from
agencies such as NSF, the U.S. Department of Ed, NIH, etc.

Do any of you routinely include employee search costs in your proposals?
Are there any federal agencies that accept search costs as allowable?

Is the only OMB related regulation on this A-21?  And does section J.32. on
recruiting costs apply in situations where you are conducting searches for
just one or two individuals for the purposes of a grant project?  (To me,
J.32. sounds like they're referring to a project that contains its own
grant-supported personnel office.)

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Nancy Kay Peterson
Director of Grants
Somsen Hall, Room 202-C
Winona State University
Winona, MN  55987
Phone:  507/457-5519
FAX:    507/457-5586