Hi,
Thanks Dr. Sooby!
Dr. Gutierrez is an unfunded subaward providing in-kind contribution for subaward. So, I
will not put the cost share and will use a memo from him and include it in our budget
documents. He will also need to submit a letter of commitment (as all institutions will
have to anyway).
For the RG0101R, that’s where it’s a little glitchy. We have documentation that he has
completed the required certifications because he is an employee. It would seem fine to
use that documentation, but that’s where my thinking falters. He could technically provide
that as his documentation to meet that requirement, which I am hoping is OK to do.
Several of us have Dr. Gutierrez as a sub. We have to send him an email asking for his
sub docs. I wanted to make sure I had questions answered before sending him that email.
Thanks again 😊
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Subject: Re: Attruvera, Juan Gutierrez, subaward, Genesis DoE
Hey Lize,
The part I know the answer to: #5- no we don’t need the UTSA cost share form as we are not
sharing costs (UTSA) the company is and it should be in their subaward budget.
Please know that for a subaward, the responsibility of getting documents together is that
of the company (even if they are also our faculty). That effort needs to be segregated as
faculty are not allowed to use university resources for their outside businesses (and that
includes your time and effort).
Sooby
Elizabeth S. Sooby, PhD
Associate Dean for Research, College of Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249
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Date: Friday, April 17, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Subject: Attruvera, Juan Gutierrez, subaward, Genesis DoE
Hi @Jennifer Silver<mailto:Jennifer.Silver@utsa.edu> (and All)
I now have 3 Genesis DoE proposals that have Juan Gutierrez’s company as a subaward. I
spoke with him briefly yesterday and wanted to see how everyone is handling his company in
particular as a subaward. My understanding is that although he worked with Anthony
Francis to develop Attruvera, it is acceptable to be a subaward and industry partner on
this submission. (Note: I added Kurt to this conversation because I want to keep him in
the loop.)
I have questions regarding his sub documents.
1. Dr. Gutierrez has confirmed that he needs to be a subaward as he won’t be submitting
directly through
grants.gov as a collaborator.
2. As he is an employee, is it acceptable to use his RG0101R? Seems like a dumb
question, but I want to make sure.
3. I will have him complete the subrecipient profile questionnaire and the Pi’s do the
contractor vs. sub checklist.
4. I will have him complete the non FDP sub form.
5. For cost share, he is contributing in-kind, licenses at $25k per user. He has to
contribute 20% from what I understand regardless of whether he is unfunded or not as he is
an industry partner. I will get a memo from him regarding his cost share contribution and
include that in the budget justification. Do I need to complete our cost share form since
UTSA is not contributing cost share?
6. As per the RFA, we will have him complete the ScienCV Doe Biosketch, C&P,
collaborator letter, and Institutional commitment letter to be included in the
submissions.
I’ve put this on the listserv so everyone who is dealing with it can be aware or, if they
have already worked on it and have answers, they can provide that info as well.
Please advise.
Thank you,
Liz
Elizabeth H. Escoto (formerly Tilley), PhD
Sr. Research Administrator
COS College Research Administration Teams
Office of Research
The University of Texas at San Antonio
cell: 347.299.1641
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249-3209
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