Section F. 6. b. of A-21 states: "Items such as office supplies, postage,
local telephone calls, and memberships shall normally be treated as F&A
costs."

At 09:07 AM 11/18/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I would like to get a feel for how other institutions handle personal
>memberships in professional organizations. OMB Circular A-21, Section J.28.
>states that "costs of the institution's membership or subscriptions" is
>allowed. It does not say anything about PI, Dr. John Doe, charging his
>personal membership to a contract/grant account. We have not allowed this
>charge to a contract or grant in the past (except in cases where the
>membership fee is "buried" in a conference registration cost.)
>
>Do other institutions allow personal membership fee cost charges on
>contract/grants? If so, what is your rationale?
>
>Thank you --
>
>Val Seaquist
>Office of Research Administration
>The University of Alabama in Huntsville
>
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