IUCRP Steering Committee Approves a New Budget Supplementation Policy

On October 22, 2001, the IUCRP Steering Committee approved a new budget supplementation policy that is retroactive to May 1, 2001.

Under the new policy, the budget of an active UC Discovery Grant may be supplemented with additional funds provided by the private sponsor(s) of that grant. Additional IUCRP matching funds can also be awarded within the usual policies on matching amounts, if all of the following conditions are met:

1. the financial supplementation provided by the private sponsor must be at least 80% cash;
2. an amendment to the original research proposal must be submitted and must be peer reviewed by the original Primary and Secondary Reviewers to determine that the amendment plan enhances but does not substantially change the scope of work;
3. the amount of the combined supplementation (i.e., including both the Private Sponsor and IUCRP contributions) does not exceed 25% of the
   combined Direct Costs presented in the original proposal;
4. the additional research plan must be completed within the original grant period;
5. requests for supplementation must be submitted within the regular schedule of proposal submission deadlines (i.e., three times a year) so that their merit might be judged competitively alongside incoming research proposals and considered within available funding.