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Research Administration FAQ's
Can I purchase a computer on my sponsored project?
Normally, computers are considered general purpose supplies and are paid for from institutional funds, including returned F&A. There are instances, with prior justification and approval, when computers can be purchased with sponsored funding. Examples may include laptops used for field work or to run project-specific laboratory equipment. As with all project expenditures, computers should be allocable for the benefit of a particular agreement. Desktops for faculty offices are seldom approved or justifiable, since there is no specific benefit allocable to one activity.
Can I purchase equipment in the last 90 days of my sponsored project?
Most equipment purchases during the last 90 days of a project are not allowed without prior approval from the contract or grants officials of the sponsoring agency. Such purchases raise reasonable questions from the funding source and risk an audit. The availability of funds late in the project does not, by itself, justify spending unless it benefits the project.
I’m attending a four-day conference that coincides with my 30-day vacation in the same location. What can my project or F&A return pay for?
For the transportation costs to be reimbursable, the IRS requires that days of business travel exceed days of personal travel. In this example, the airfare would not be reimbursable from sponsored or other institutional funds. The costs of the conference itself -- including registration, hotel and per diem -- would probably be allowable.
KU announces 22 Undergraduate Research Award winners
Twenty-two University of Kansas students have received Undergraduate Research Awards for spring 2008.
The awards support original, independent research by undergraduates enrolled on the Lawrence campus. The University Honors Program administers the awards with funds from the offices of the provost and the vice provost for research and graduate studies and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Selection criteria included the quality of the proposal, the student’s academic record and ability to complete the proposed research project, the project’s potential contribution to knowledge and the educational value of the research to the student.
The full list of award recipients is available here.
More than 70 undergraduates present research at symposium
More than 70 undergraduates at the University of Kansas presented research on topics ranging from child welfare to DNA sequences at the 11th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Saturday, April 12, in the Kansas Union.
This year, the symposium featured presentations from students at KU and other area schools who are members of Sigma Xi, an international scientific honor society.
The impressive breadth of symposium topics included projects from numerous academic departments at KU. There was a study on narrative style and rhetoric in the documentary film “An Inconvenient Truth,” a project on the acoustics of worship spaces, a study on storm water pollution reduction and many more.
The symposium was sponsored by the University Honors Program and the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Steven Warren, vice provost for RGS, welcomed the participants and guests to the symposium.
The day ended with an awards banquet, and Edith Taylor, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was the speaker.
In addition to student awards for exceptional papers and poster presentations, Bill Picking, professor of biology, received the K. Barbara Schowen Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
A full list of students participating is available here.
