Jen --

I'm writing a summary of the responses.  Do you think Dianna would object
to being quoted as an indirect respondent via your conversation with her?

-- Evelyn

At 11:08 AM 7/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Evelyn-
>I have always been a proponent of using the salary cap as the number in the
>budget, but my resolve is wavering.  As it is likely that the cap may
>increase, you are running the risk of not being given an increase in an
>ongoing budget if you do not use the actual amount.  I've had a discussion
>with Diana Jaeger about it and her recommendation is to include the actual
>amount, but of course, do the calculations on the cap.
>
>We are only required to give the salary amounts on the originals, and not
>the copies.  If you use the actuals, I would recommend doing this simply for
>the reason that the scientific reviewers do not really need to know the
>actuals and it could prejudice the panel.
>
>Jennifer Morgan, M.H.A.
>Director, Office of Grants and Contracts
>Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
>University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Systems
>3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh PA  15213
>Voice:  412-624-0743  Fax:  412-624-0714
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Evelyn J. Ford [mailto:xxxxxx@MAIL.MED.UPENN.EDU]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 8:10 AM
>> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
>> Subject: Federal Salary Cap & PHS398 Form Page 4
>>
>>
>> I am interested in learning how various institutions are
>> showing (or not
>> showing, as the case may be) and calculating salaries for
>> individuals whose
>> compensation exceeds the federal cap.  Are you leaving the
>> institutional
>> salary column blank (PHS398 form page 4, when required) or
>> inserting the
>> fed cap in that column, then performing the calculations on
>> the cap?  Do
>> you provide an explanation in the budget justification?  If
>> either one of
>> these two, have you been called by NIH at the time of an
>> award to provide
>> the specific salary information even tho the award from NIH
>> will be limited
>> to the cap as the base?  Thanks for your input.

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