On 07/02/2013 11:03 AM, Gwendolyn Reynolds wrote:
> Nope. What is in the grants database is the total awarded amount,
> which includes both indirect and direct costs. What we need for other
> support is the total annual direct cost awarded amount. If this is not
> possible, we can just fill it in! I don't want to create lots and lots
> of work for you!
>
Would it be possible to calculate the Direct Cost Awarded by reducing
the Total Awarded by the indirect rate, which is entered on some grants?
I'm just looking for ways to minimize data entry.
- Alex
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Alex Aminoff <aminoff_at_nber.org
> <mailto:aminoff_at_nber.org>> wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *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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