Re: Waivers of F&A and F&A Cost Recovery Lawrence Waxler 01 Jun 2007 09:37 EST
While I can not remember at which University this occurred, several years ago I encountered one at which the unit got a return of indirect costs (this was back in the day when they were still called indirect costs or overhead) based upon their net recovery rate. So, if their portfolio of grants had a net recovery of 23%, they got back 23% of the dollars generated, with the balance staying at the institutional level (77%). If the unit wanted to waive all of their indirect, they got nothing back. This followed the KISS principal and was an obvious incentive to units. And, as the net recovery rate increased, everyone benefitted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Larry Waxler, Director Office of Sponsored Programs University of Southern Maine P.O. Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104-9300 Telephone: 207-780-4413 Telefax: 207-780-4927 From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf Of Andrea Comley Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:25 PM To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org Subject: [RESADM-L] Waivers of F&A and F&A Cost Recovery Do any of you have a policy related to waiver of F&A as it relates to reductions in the F&A recovery which is distributed back to the College/Department (ie if a College requested a waiver is their recovery somehow impacted by that waiver?) If so, does the policy indicate that the reduction is for an equal amount of that waived? A proportionate amount? Who then tracks and manages these issues at your institution? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrea Comley, CRA Contract Review Officer University of Idaho PO Box 443020 Morrill Hall 114 Moscow, ID 83844-3020 (208) 885-6341 Fax: (208) 885-5752 ====================================================================== 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") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================