We have been asked by a government agency to renovate (at our
expense) a floor of one of our university buildings to house agency,
university & contractor personnel (plus a large govt. computer system)
working on joint, agency-funded projects. Since this activity is
"on-campus", we can charge the "on-campus" ICR rate on the agency-funded
research; however, this rate will not cover the cost of housing these
Federal employees. Does anyone know of a method that we can use to recover
this cost? (The building is new to the university and is not included in our
current ICR calculation.)

        Thanks!
Valerie Seaquist
Assistant Research Administrator
   for Special Projects
Office of Research Administration