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What does F&A stand for?

The "F" is for Facilities such as depreciation on equipment, interest on debt associated with certain buildings, equipment and capital improvements, operation and maintenance expenses related to the research, and library expenses. The “A" stands for Administrative expenses including sponsored projects administration at the university, human resource activities such as hiring and evaluation of grant personnel, student administration and services when students are hired on a project, utilities, and departmental administration costs.

Who defines these costs?

Why do we have F&A?

The Federal government recognized years ago that grants increase wear and tear on buildings and equipment, increase loads on sponsored programs personnel, add work to human resources with hiring and management of grant personnel, increase strain on IT systems for Internet usage, add work to university administration for assisting with managing large grants and maintaining research compliance, and add work to the college and department housing the grant. F&A is designed to reimburse the institution for those costs.

What is the current F&A rate?

Who calculated those rates?

How are the rates calculated?

Why don't we waive the rate?

If �鶹��Ƶ waived the F&A rate for a grant, it would eventually cause �鶹��Ƶ to have a higher F&A rate as stated above. �鶹��Ƶ has also made a decision to reallocate the annual F&A reimbursement to support additional sponsored research and scholarly activity. Waiving the rate would reduce the F&A reimbursement, thus negatively impacting the allocation of funds in support of sponsored research and scholarly activity.

Why is our rate so high?

How is the F&A distributed?

After all F&A is collected, a portion is allocated to pay for the services provided by the �鶹��Ƶ Research Institute. This use fits the definition of F&A as described above. Then, of the balance remaining after the RI funding, 45 percent of the F&A flows back to colleges, 5 percent directly to departments, and 5 percent to the PIs. Research and Innovation receives 25 percent, and the Provost's Office receives nothing (0 percent). The President's Office receives 10 percent and manages an "Other" account that receives 10 percent.

What does Research and Innovation do with its F&A?

What should F&A be used for?

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