It is our belief that effort on a project is committed effort regardless
of the source of support. At present, investigator effort is checked
manually and recorded in our research office. I have no experience with
'paid effort' for audit purposes, so I do not know if this will be a
problem. It might be worthwhile to contact the Payroll manager to see if an
account is feasible to track the institutional effort 'donated' to
the project.

Bruce W. Steinert, Ph.D.
Department of Urology
William Beaumont Hospital
3601 West Thirteen Mile Road        (810) 551-2572 (Voice)
Royal Oak, MI  48073-6769           (810) 551-8107 (FAX)