Re: F&A rate on subcontracts Herbert B. Chermside 25 Apr 2001 11:23 EST
Because the "on-campus research rate on the first $25K" is a convention agreed between the Government and the research university community as a plausable estimate of the administrative cost of issuing, maintaining, and managing a subaward. Actually it is probably significantly below our actual costs, and NIH insisted, within a year of adopting this convention, on adopting its own convention that the subaward MUST cover the entire competitive segment of the prime's award, because that was a cost saver to them. Chuck At 08:36 AM 4/25/01 -0500, you wrote: >Just curious? If the typical F & A rate has two parts, the administrative >rate (capped) and the non administrative (plant and operations part). Why >would you apply the non-administrative part to the first $25K of a >subcontract not on campus? Other than maximizing the amount of dollars you >get to administer the contract. >-----Original Message----- >From: Herbert B. Chermside [mailto:xxxxxx@VCU.EDU] >Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 4:35 PM >To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG >Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] F&A rate on subcontracts > > >Depends on your F&A rate negotiation. However almost all (especially if >negotiated with HHS) apply on campus rate to first $25,000 if you have a >MTDC base. >Chuck > > >At 02:32 PM 4/24/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Question of the week: > > > >I wanted to check to see how other institutions charge F&A on subcontracts. > >We can only charge F&A on the first $25,000 of a subcontract but do you > >charge at your on-campus rate or your off-campus rate? And what is your > >rationale for each? > > > >Thanks > > > >Val Seaquist > >Office of Research Administration > >The University of Alabama in Huntsville > > > > > >====================================================================== > > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > >====================================================================== > >Herbert B. Chermside, CRA >Director, Sponsored Programs Administration >Virginia Commonwealth University >PO BOX 980568 >Richmond, VA 23298-0568 >Express Delivery Only: > Sanger Hall, Rm. 1-073 > 11th & Marshall Streets > Richmond, VA 23219 >Voice: 804-828-6772 >Fax 804-828-2521 >OFFICE e-mail xxxxxx@VCU.EDU >Personal e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu >http://views.vcu.edu/ospa/ > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== Herbert B. Chermside, CRA Director, Sponsored Programs Administration Virginia Commonwealth University PO BOX 980568 Richmond, VA 23298-0568 Express Delivery Only: Sanger Hall, Rm. 1-073 11th & Marshall Streets Richmond, VA 23219 Voice: 804-828-6772 Fax 804-828-2521 OFFICE e-mail xxxxxx@VCU.EDU Personal e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu http://views.vcu.edu/ospa/ ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================