One possible complication is that utility expense (including telephones)
are increasingly being viewed as an indirect cost rather than a direct.
I'm not certain if mobile phone charges themselves are strictly
prohibited (perhaps someone else from the group will have a comment on
this), but if they're not, you will have to thoroughly justify why mobile
phones are required for the grant work and not for personal use or to be
just more available.

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Evelyn J. Ford, Research Administrative Manager
ASRI Neurosciences Research Center
Allegheny Campus, Medical College of Pennsylvania
 and Hahnemann University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  U.S.A.
412.359.4475 voice
412.359.4499 fax
xxxxxx@singer.asri.edu
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On Fri, 28 Apr 1995, Becky H. Patterson wrote:

> I would appreciate your help concerning the purchase and use of mobile
> telephones from federal funds.  I have several biologists that want mobile
> phones to use while doing field work.  I have a cryptic note that says that
> it is prohibited to use grant funds.
>
> Is this true?
>
> Thank you in advance for any info.
>
> Becky
>
> Becky Hayes Patterson
> Administrative Research Assistant
> The University of Southwestern Louisiana
> P.O. Box 43610
> Lafayette, LA  70504-3610
> phone: (318) 482-5811
> Fax:   (318) 482-6195
> e-mail: xxxxxx@usl.edu
>