Ted --

Your logic and methodology is the same we employed at my previous employer
(Allegheny University of the Health Sciences) and would certainly make the
same case if the question arises here at Penn.  Never had a squawk out of
DOEd while at AUHS, and the P.I. understood the methodology as well.

-- Evelyn

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At 05:32 PM 8/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I was hoping someone on the list could help with this issue:
>We have a major grant from the Department of Education with a limitation on
>the indirects, as usual, to 8% of TMDC. This grant has a number of subgrants
>and we have been collecting our 8% on the TMDC and allowing the subgrants to
>collect their 8% TMDC of their subgrant. The primary PI says that the grant
>has a restriction of 8% and that we are actually collecting 16% on the
>subgrants, thus violating Education's rule. I have taken the approach that
>since A-21 allows full indirects on the first $25k by the primary grantor
>and full indirects by the subgrantor, and education limits the indirects to
>8% TMDC, that we are adhering to their rule by collecting on the full amount
>and allowing our subgrantors to collect on their portion. I need help on
>this one????
>
>Ted
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