Providence, RI
United States
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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2.1 | Yes | $17,059 | $0 | ||
Resolve the $17,059 in questioned inappropriately allocated publication costs and direct Brown to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned costs from its NSF awards. | |||||
3.2 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Direct Brown to update its current award set-up practices to: (1) ensure that it sets up accounts for NSF awards, such that each account applies indirect costs using the appropriate rates established in the Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement in effect as of the date of grant award; and/or (2) document its decision to apply indirect costs using lower rates. |