Yes. The full definition of MTDC for HRSA can be found in UG:
Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC) means all direct salaries and wages, applicable fringe benefits, materials and
supplies, services, travel, and up to the first $25,000 of each subaward (regardless of the period of performance of the subawards under the award). MTDC excludes equipment, capital expenditures, charges for patient care, rental costs, tuition remission, scholarships
and fellowships, participant support costs and the portion of each subaward in excess of $25,000. Other items may only be excluded when necessary to avoid a serious inequity in the distribution of indirect costs, and with the approval of the cognizant agency
for indirect costs.
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Subject: [RESADM-L] HRSA Indirect Cost question
Good afternoon!
We have several HRSA proposals going in next week, one of which contains participant costs. The Program Guidelines state the following:
“Indirect costs under training grants to organizations other than federally recognized Native American or American Indian tribes, state, or local governments will be budgeted and reimbursed at eight (8) percent of modified total direct
costs rather than on the basis of a negotiated cost agreement, and are not subject to upward or downward adjustment. Direct cost amounts for equipment, tuition and fees, and sub-awards and contracts in excess of $25,000 are excluded from the direct cost base
for purposes of this calculation.”
My interpretation of this is that, since we are an institution, we are limited to 8%. My question is: even though it does not specifically state in the above guidelines, wouldn’t we also exclude participant costs from the direct cost
base?
Thanks in advance!
Lisa Daniels, CRA, CPRA
Grants Officer, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University
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