{"id":3705,"date":"2022-08-24T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/?page_id=3705"},"modified":"2024-01-11T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:46:00","slug":"consultants-costs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/spo-knows\/consultants-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Consultant Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After conducting a <a href=\"https:\/\/symposium.web.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22376\/2022\/08\/Subrecipient-v.-Contractor_Symposium-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subrecipient vs Consultant<\/a> analysis for your project, you\u2019ve determined that a <a href=\"https:\/\/research.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2020\/12\/osr-subrecipients-v-consultants-guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consultant relationship<\/a> is the best fit. It\u2019s important to comply with both UNC-CH and NIH rules and regulations.<\/p>\n<h4>When a consultant is affiliated with another higher education institution, UNC-CH has specific requirements:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IF<\/strong>: The consultant opts to use their own institutional letterhead and\/or institutional email address.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THEN<\/strong>: A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/434\/2022\/08\/Independent-Consultant-Certification-Statement.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consultant Certification Statement<\/a> is required. This statement confirms that the individual can serve as a consultant on the project and has permission to use institutional resources, such as institutional letterhead and\/or institutional email address, to perform their assigned tasks. This engagement does not establish a subrecipient relationship. An Authorized Organization Representative must sign this document.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>For RAMSeS requirements:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IF<\/strong>: The consultant is listed in the application.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THEN<\/strong>: The consultant must be included in the Personnel section of the IPF as non-UNC personnel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: This information will be used by the Conflict of Interest team. Ensure the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/434\/2022\/08\/Independent-Consultant-Certification-Statement.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consultant Certification Statement<\/a> is attached in RAMSeS if the .edu email address is used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>For NIH requirements:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IF<\/strong>: The consultant is listed in the application.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THEN<\/strong>: A <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/how-to-apply-application-guide\/forms-g\/general\/g.400-phs-398-research-plan-form.htm#9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consultant Letter of Support<\/a> must be included in the application.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: The letters should specify the rate\/charge for consulting services and the anticipated level of effort\/number of hours per budget period. If access to core facilities and resources is ensured, the letters should clarify whether access will be provided as a fee-for-service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Confirm the Consultant Certification Statement is attached in RAMSeS if the Consultant Letter of Support uses Institutional Letterhead and\/or a .edu email address.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After conducting a Subrecipient vs Consultant analysis for your project, you\u2019ve determined that a Consultant relationship is the best fit. It\u2019s important to comply with both UNC-CH and NIH rules and regulations. When a consultant is affiliated with another higher education institution, UNC-CH has specific requirements: IF: The consultant opts to use their own institutional &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/spo-knows\/consultants-costs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Managing Consultant Costs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3716,"featured_media":0,"parent":2494,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3705\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}