Specific Guidelines for Spending Sponsored Funds: 禁止的费用

Most allowable expenses fall into the broad direct-cost categories of personnel, 旅行, 供应, 出版, 咨询顾问, 分包, tuition/fees remission and participant support costs. 的re are also certain kinds of expenses that are either generally unallowed to be direct-charged on federal awards (i.e., they should be covered by indirect returns) or specifically unallowable per federal and university policy, 如下:

Basic Administrative and Operational Costs - Contact OSP for a determination

• Office 供应, pens, paper, basic software, etc.
• Local telephone and fax lines; telephone line and equipment charges
• General clerical or secretarial assistance
• Laptop and desktop personal computers
• Postage, express mail
• Hazardous waste disposal
• Proposal preparation costs

研究-Related Expenses Ineligible for Reimbursement

• Books and periodicals
• Dues and memberships in the principal investigator’s name
• 复印

Miscellaneous 禁止的费用

• 校友活动
• Commencement and convocation costs
• Organized fundraisers
• Lobbying (federal, state or local)
• 学生活动
• 坏账成本
• Selling and marketing costs
• 罚款及罚则
• Meal expenses for UI employees not in 旅行 status (with certain exceptions)

Entertainment/Goods or 服务 for Personal Use

• 销售税
• 酒精
• 花
• 餐饮
• 礼物
• 空间租赁
• 家具
• 建设
• Housing and personal living expenses (utilities/rent/etc.)

旅行限制:

旅行费用, while allowable unless prohibited by the sponsor, have certain restrictions that must be adhered to when using federal (including federal flow-through) funds.

• Commercial air 旅行 must be via the lowest available commercial discount airfare, subject to certain exceptions.
• 的 Fly America Act of 1974 要求U.S. flag air carrier must be used even when a lower cost or more convenient airfare is available through a foreign air carrier, subject to the exceptions outlined in Section V of the Act.

If the source of funding is a federal 合同, there may also be limitations on the maximum per night rate for lodging or per diem. Note that in these cases, the 旅行er may be able to request the government lodging rate when 旅行ling for project purposes.