IF forgone F&A is acceptable for cost sharing under sponsor regs, it is the
INSTITUTION's decision, not the P.I.'s, to use it that way.  Don't forget
to cost share the F&A on any other (i.e., cash, because you have the exact
price in your accounting system) contribution you make, also, even
including the hardheaded P.I.'s contributed effort.

Chuck

At 04:08 PM 8/19/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a question that relates to cost sharing and
>unrecovered F&A.  If an agency requires a match and does
>not allow the full predetermined F&A rate, to what length
>do you encourage faculty to list the cost in their budgets
>as a match? I currently have a faculty member that could
>list unrecovered F&A in his match, but did not care to put
>it in unless it was absolutely necessary. Do you encourage
>faculty to include in the budget or do you require??
>Thank you for any input.
>
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>Suzette S. Mauney
>Appalachian State University
>Assistant Director, Sponsored Programs
>(704)262-2694*fax(704)262-2709
>xxxxxx@appstate.edu
>
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