Notice Number: NOT-OD-12-051

Key Dates
Release Date: February 10, 2012

Related Notices
NOT-OD-12-041

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Purpose

As indicated in NOT-OD-12-041, the HHS Policy on Promoting Efficient Spending prohibits food/meal costs from being charged to NIH-supported conference grants or cooperative agreements. The purpose of this Notice is to update PA-11-201 “Research on Children in Military Families: The Impact of Parental Military Deployment and Reintegration on Child and Family Functioning (R13)” to reflect this policy change to non-allowable costs.

In Section IV. Application and Submission Information, subsection 6. Other Submission Requirements is revised to include the following information about allowable and non-allowable costs.  

Allowable Costs: Salary (in proportion to the time or effort spent directly on the conference/scientific meeting); rental of necessary equipment; travel and per diem or subsistence allowances; supplies needed for conduct of the meeting (only if received for use during the budget period); conference services; publication costs; funds to help defray registration costs for some select attendees (for example, women, racial/ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, other individuals who have been traditionally underrepresented in science, graduate students); speakers’ fees.

Non-allowable costs: Meals/food and beverages; purchase of equipment; transportation costs exceeding U.S. carrier coach class fares; visas; passports; entertainment; tips; bar charges; personal telephone calls; laundry charges; dues; honoraria or other payments for the purpose of conferring distinction or communicating respect, esteem or admiration; patient care; alterations or renovations; facilities and administrative costs/indirect costs. Refer to the NIH Grants Policy Statement for additional information regarding costs.

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to the NIH staff indicated in Section VII. Agency Contacts.