We collect it all the time.  It is perfectly allowable.  It is YOUR cost,
not theirs.

Chuck

At 11:56 AM 11/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Is anyone aware of any regulations which would prevent an institution from
>claiming F&A on the first $25,000 of a foreign consortium agreement or
>subcontract?  I know that it is not allowable for the foreign institution
>to receive F&A, but what about the prime?  Our rate agreement just states
>that we exclude "the portion of each subaward in excess of $25,000".
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Pam
>Pamela S. Caudill
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>University of Pennsylvania
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