Grant-Admin-News: New Facilities and Administrative (F&A or Indirect) Cost Rates

[Research Services <Research_Services@orsa.uoregon.edu>]

The University has new F&A rates for grants* effective July 1, 2001.
The following information is intended to assist you in the conversion by
providing clarification on how the federal regulations prescribe rate
implementations for federal proposals and existing grants and how other
proposals and awards will be treated.   

FACILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE (INDIRECT) COST RATES

                                                Rate prior to 7/1/01
Rate effective 7/1/01
				(OLD) 			(NEW)
        Research On-campus 	50% 			 49% 
        Research Off-campus 	26% 			 26%
        Instruction 			55%			 54%
        Public Service 		33%			 32%

 PROPOSALS

        Proposals for new grants

		The new rates apply to competitive
applications/proposals effective immediately.  If the sponsor has
written policies that limit the rates, use the maximum rate the sponsor
allows.  For further information see:
http://orsa.uoregon.edu/web/proposals/budget/Proposals_Budget_FA_rates.html


        Proposals for Continuation or Annual renewals of existing grants
within the same project period

		The old rates should be used for all continuations and
non-competitive renewals where the original project started prior to
July 1, 2001.                 

NEW AWARDS, CONTINUATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTS (Federally Funded)

Grants with less than full F&A cost recovery and fixed price agreements
will not require rate adjustments.

		Grants with award or issue dates (not budget or project
period start dates) prior to July 1, 2001 will remain at the old rates
throughout the life of that grant (all non-competitive segments). 

		Grants with award or issue dates (not budget or project
period start dates)  on or after July 1, 2001 will be adjusted to
reflect the new rates, and will remain at the new rates throughout the
life of that grant (all non-competitive segments).  If a pre-award
authorization was approved and costs were incurred prior to the July 1,
2001 date, all pre-award costs will be at the new rate.

		Supplements to existing grant will be treated as new
awards if the award or issue date for the supplement is dated on or
after July 1, 2001.

NEW AWARDS (NOT-Federally Funded)

		Awards will remain at the rate approved in the award or
the original application/proposal rate, which ever is less.

EXISTING GRANTS 

Grants that existed as of June 30, 2001 will remain at the old rates.

* Grants for the purpose of this document, includes grants, contracts,
cooperative agreements, purchase orders and other forms of assistance or
procurement.



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