Heather,

We are on a MTDC base for indirect costs. We redistribute the earned indirect costs to:

Dean’s Office 11%

Department 13.0%

Principal Investigator 10%

Controller’s Office 6.5%

Legal Affairs 1.5%

Research Office 3.0%

VP Research & Grad School 6.0%

Tech. Transfer 3.0%

The balance goes into the general fund.

We recently started a Research Foundation and they only distribute to the first three listed above.

Hope this helps, Lois

Lois Smith,

Associate Controller, Sponsored Programs

The University of Akron

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On Behalf Of Dragoo, M. Heather
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:28 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: [RESADM-L] F&A distribution

Would anyone mind sharing their policy for F&A distribution? Currently, we do not have an official policy on where F&A goes—it’s sort of set up on an individual basis. We would like to establish a policy so a percentage can go to the PI, dean, us, and various other sources. If you don’t have a formal policy, will you share how your F&A is internally distributed or any ideas or thoughts on the subject. We aren’t talking about a large amount of money since our negotiated rate is based on s&w (and we don’t have a lot of external submissions). Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Heather

Heather Dragoo

Sponsored Research Specialist