Bill,
If the majority of your grant funding is from DHHS, you will negotiate a
rate with DHHS Division of Cost Allocation:
http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/funding/welcomewagon.htm#dca

If the majority of your grant funding is from DOD, you will negotiate
with DOD.

If majority of funding is from neither, the default agency is DHHS.

Susan

Bill Campbell wrote:

> RESADMers--
>
> I'm on the board of a non-profit that is in process of pursuing grants
> from federal agencies.  We have never had an IDC or F&A rate; I think
> it's time to establish one, but I don't know how to go about it.  Can
> anyone give me some guidance?  I know there have been conversations
> about this on the list in the past, but I can't find the thread in the
> archive.
>
> I've browsed around the HHS site a little and it's very confusing.  Some
> NIH sites say 'don't apply for a rate until you get a grant,' but we're
> looking at other agencies.  But those other agencies refer non-profits
> to HHS for F&A rates.
>
> I know that there is now a simple algorithm small universities can use
> to determine an F&A rate to propose; is there something similar for
> non-profits?  Is this something the average bozo like me can do, or do
> we have to hire a consultant?
>
> Thanks and regards, Bill
>
> --
> Bill Campbell
> Director, Grants & Research
> University of Wisconsin-River Falls
> 410 S. 3rd St.
> River Falls, WI 54022
> 715/425-3195
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>
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Medical University of South Carolina
Research & Sponsored Programs
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