We've attemptedto simplify them as much as possible. When you wrote your URG proposal you created a budget and requestedvarious types of expenses. The COFA office used this budget toallocate your funds to the various categories which the Universityuses for accounting and budgeting. FAX machines are not included. All communication devices includingmodems, FAX machines, fax repairs and fax paper are coded as 1700.
Food is only reimbursedup to a daily per-diem allowance.
Printing is always commodities whether done by ISU or an outsidevendor. Duplicating done at ISU is commodities. Duplicating doneby an outside vendor is contractual. The fiscal year of your grant starts with July 1of the next academic year from when your proposal is approved, and ends with June 30th of that academic year. However, in order to process the paperwork, we ask that all funds be spent by the first week in June.