My institution does not currently have (nor ever has had as far as I can
tell) a federally-negotiated F&A rate.  We haven't historically submitted
many federal grant proposals, so the attitude seems to be that obtaining a
negotiated rate is more work/cost than it is worth.

I'm curious to hear from other institutions (particularly smaller schools)
who have recently undergone a negotiation process as to what costs and how
much time was involved for your institution to complete this process.

Any evidence of why it is "worth it" and/or advice regarding how to convince
the decision-makers (particularly those in the finance office) that this
would be beneficial to the institution would be helpful as well.

Thanks in advance.

Laura C. Hartley, Ph.D.
Eastern University
(610) 341-1371
xxxxxx@eastern.edu

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