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COST-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION: THE CRDF EXPERIENCE
Pages 105-110

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... has used cost-sharing arrangements over the last decade in successful engagements for nonproliferation programs, for higher education reforms, for collaborative research grants, for seedstage commercialization activities, and for centers of shared equipment usage. BACKGROUND CRDF was created in 1992 through an Act of Congress and established operations in 1995 to engage former weapons scientists and institutions in the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union.
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From page 106...
... National Science Foundation publish helpful, detailed guidelines on costsharing procedures and accounting.137 TYPES OF COST-SHARES Combining the value of the funds CRDF does administer with that reported by CRDF's partners, reveals a significant cumulative total of funds provided for cost-shares, as shown in Table 1. Almost half of the total distribution of cost-sharing arrangements is direct, host-country contributions.
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From page 107...
... Third party cash cost share, administered 0.4% by CRDF TOTAL: 100.0% Cost sharing with partners is an important way for a program to achieve its goals while offering added value to the funding organizations. Although arranging cost shares can make project implementation more difficult, the resulting increase in resources available to meet project goals generally offsets the extra attention required.
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From page 108...
... In the Basic Research and Higher Education program in the Russian Federation, each Research Education Center project has included a combined fifty percent cost-sharing from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (MES) and from local Russian sources.
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From page 109...
... As personnel change over time, this procedure has been invaluable in ensuring the continuity of basic principles among the partners.139 139 The following sources were used in the background preparation of this paper: NSF, Initial Implementation Guidance Regarding Implementation of the Revised NSF Cost Sharing Policy, October 19 2004; NSF, Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, April, 2007, Effective June 1, 2007, NSF 07-140, OMB Control Number: 3145-0058; OMB, Revised Cost Principles for Educational Institutions, Circular No. A-21, Revised August 8, 2000; OMB, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations, Circular No.
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