Are recruitment fees to third parties allowable for summer internships?
Recruitment costs are subject to the conditions and restrictions contained in the applicable cost principles. These costs may include help-wanted advertising costs, costs of travel by applicants to and from pre-employment interviews, and travel costs of employees while engaged in recruiting personnel. Project funds may not be used for a prospective trainee’s travel costs to or from the grantee organization for the purpose of recruitment. However, other costs incurred in connection with recruitment under training programs, such as advertising, may be allocated to a grant-supported project according to the provisions of the applicable cost principles (also see “Travel” and “Relocation Costs” in the selected Items of Costs section of the NIH Grants Policy Statement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/NIHGPS_Part6.htm#_Toc54600125.
