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At UF we require the faculty to have their Returned Overhead (ROH)
accounts set up in our system as a fall back in these instances. If
they have no ROH then we ask their home department for an
unrestricted department account to cover any future
transactions/invoices until the PI's account is back in the
positive. This way the department chair is aware and can deal with
it internally when the bill comes due.<br>
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Our fiscal system does read the account details from the university
system similar to other university core facilities so we can monitor
if needed.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
Brent<br>
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Brent P. Gila, PhD.<br>
Associate Director, Research Service Centers<br>
University of Florida<br>
1041 Center Drive<br>
Gainesville, Florida 32611<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="Tel:352-273-2245">Tel:352-273-2245</a>, Fax:352-846-2877<br>
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bgila@ufl.edu">bgila@ufl.edu</a><br>
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<div>How do other shared user facilites deal with a situation
when a regular user research group PI has a funding shortfall
and can't pay user fees?</div>
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<div>Is it typical to have some type of temporary waiver
mechanism enshrined in the shared user structure or does that
PI appeal to their department head to bail them out to bridge
a gap?</div>
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<div>A waiver feels problematic because it would seem to violate
basic fairness in that one group could be getting "free stuff"
and everybody else has to pay.</div>
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<div>I would be interested to hear how other places deal with a
sticky situation like this.</div>
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