Can Fees for a H-1b visa be charged to a NIH grant for a postdoctoral fellow ?

Research Matters ForumCategory: General NIH grant questionsCan Fees for a H-1b visa be charged to a NIH grant for a postdoctoral fellow ?
Judith Edelman asked 6 years ago
1 Answers
speterson answered 6 years ago

H-1b visas can not be charged to a grant per 2 CFR  §200.463 Recruiting costs: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=fbb70fe83009e152ac327498f6ec18c4&node=se2.1.200_1463&rgn=div8
(d) Short-term, travel visa costs (as opposed to longer-term, immigration visas) are generally allowable expenses that may be proposed as a direct cost. Since short-term visas are issued for a specific period and purpose, they can be clearly identified as directly connected to work performed on a Federal award. For these costs to be directly charged to a Federal award, they must:
(1) Be critical and necessary for the conduct of the project;
(2) Be allowable under the applicable cost principles;
(3) Be consistent with the non-Federal entity’s cost accounting practices and non-Federal entity policy; and
(4) Meet the definition of “direct cost” as described in the applicable cost principles.