Is there a "best practices" standard for charging fringe benefits to
sponsored projects?    Our practice in the past has been to charge sponsors
for fringe benefits using the rates that were in effect at the time the
budget was developed, which results in a multitude of FB rates in use at any
given time.  A much simpler practice would be to use the rates in effect at
the time that the salary expense is incurred.      I'd be glad to post the
results of this quick survey to the list -- what method does your
institution use for charging fringe benefits to grants?

Frances Vinal Farnsworth
Coordinator of Sponsored Research
Munford House
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753

Tel:  802-443-5889
Fax:  802-443-2081
Email:  xxxxxx@middlebury.edu
Web:  http://www.middlebury.edu/~grants/

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