On 7/2/2013 9:44 AM, Gwendolyn Reynolds wrote:
> It is the budgeted amount. Thank you!!
OK, so do we already have that in the database? On for example:
http://admin.nber.org/admin/tools/grant/edit?id=6255
you can see that there is already an awarded amount filled in for each
year. Is that the number we need or is there a different one.
So
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Wayne Gray <WGray_at_clarku.edu
> <mailto:WGray_at_clarku.edu>> wrote:
>
> Hi Gwen:
>
> The big question in this case is whether you want the budgeted
> amount for the year or the actual amount spent. Your answer
> suggests that it's the budgeted ("awarded") amount that is
> desired. If so, that makes this easier, because it means we
> don't have to run a separate program on the Accounting side of
> things to calculate actual spending for every project - we can
> just enter the total direct cost for each year at the time the
> other budget-year-specific information about the grant is being
> entered (such as the number of months of effort for each PI).
>
> So, if you can confirm that it's the budgeted/awarded amount that
> you need for filling out that report, Alex can just add the
> additional field to the grants database (and data entry screens),
> and then include it in the report he has been working on.
>
> Thanks - Wayne
>
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> *From:* Gwendolyn Reynolds [reynolds_at_nber.org
> <mailto:reynolds_at_nber.org>]
> *Sent:* Monday, July 01, 2013 3:13 PM
> *To:* Alex Aminoff
> *Cc:* grantadmins_at_nber.org <mailto:grantadmins_at_nber.org>; Wayne Gray
> *Subject:* Re: Automating Other Support: what is Annual Direct Cost?
>
> My understanding is that Annual Direct Cost is the yearly direct
> cost of the grant, or more specifically, the direct cost amount
> awarded by the funder to the NBER for the current year.
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Alex Aminoff <aminoff_at_nber.org
> <mailto:aminoff_at_nber.org>> wrote:
>
>
> Wayne and I talked about the web tool to produce Other Support
> Reports. Wayne noted that we can probably automate the Annual
> Direct Cost field as well, if we can establish exactly what
> that number is supposed to be. The information may already
> exist in the database, orsomeone upstairs in accounting may be
> able to get it and export it on a periodic basis.
>
> So can someone please explain how Annual Direct Cost should be
> determined?
>
> - Alex
>
>
>
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