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Cost Sharing

The Cost Sharing section displays information about the cost share (non-sponsor contributions to a project) types, accounts, amounts, and totals associated with the award.  Cost share is that portion of total project costs that are paid from sources other than the sponsor.

The section details information on:

      Percentage and Type – Percentage and type of each cost share

      Fiscal Year – The year(s) associated with each cost share

      Source and Destination - Expense destination and revenue source to cover each amount

      Commitment Amount – Dollar amount associated with each type of cost share

      Total Amount – Total of all cost share commitments

      Comments – Details about the commitments

 

Figure 1528 Award Document, Commitments Page – Cost Sharing Section Example

 

Table 643 Award Document, Commitments Page – Cost Sharing Section Column Descriptions

Column

Description

Percentage

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Your institution determines how you use this field.  Some examples of commonly used percentages are percentage of total costs, percentage of a line item, and percentage of total cost sharing.

 

Enter the Percentage into the box.

Type

Required.  Your institution creates the Types for cost sharing.  The cost sharing Type might indicate if this is voluntary cost sharing, if the program requires this, or if this is some other type of cost sharing.  Click dropdown.gif to select the cost sharing Type.

Fiscal Year

Required. 

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Your institution’s project process determines how you define the year.  For example, you may use the current year or the award year.

The year for which this cost sharing amount is committed.  Enter the Fiscal Year in YYYY format into the box.

Source

The provider of the funding item, often an institutional account number or unit name.  Enter the Source into the box.

Destination

The institutional account number which will be charged for these cost sharing expenditures.

 

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The Destination must be different from the Source.

 

Enter the Destination into the box.

Verification Date

The confirmation date for the cost share met amount.  Enter the Verification Date in MM/DD/YYYY format or select the Verification Date by clicking Picture.

Commitment Amount

Required.  The cost share amount committed for this item. 

 

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KC displays the total of all Commitment Amounts on this section in the Total row in the Commitment Amount column.

 

Enter the Commitment Amount for this cost share into the box.

Cost Share Met

The actual cost share amount already expended against the commitment amount.

 

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KC displays the total of all Cost Share Met amounts on this section in the Total row in the Cost Share Met column.

 

Enter the amount of the Cost Share Met into the box.

Actions

Click  to save the new entry in the Cost Sharing section.

Click  next to a cost share entry to remove it from this section.

Click  to update the Total Amounts after you add or delete an entry.

Comments

Internal notes or other information about this cost share. 

Expand the text field for additional notes by clicking  to open a pop-up box.

Enter Comments into the box.

 

When you click tinybutton-add1, KC displays this screen:

 

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Figure 1529 Comments Tab, Cost Sharing Section Screen with Cost Sharing Section Filled

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After you click  or , click  to update the totals in the Commitment Amount and Cost Share Met columns.