8% is quite generally used for U.S. Department of Education grants.  This
should include FIPSE.

Jan Bower
Grants Development Administrator
University of Minnesota Duluth

On Tue, 19 Sep 1995, Keith Finan wrote:

> In 1990 we received a FIPSE grant to fund the establishment of an alcohol
 abuse
> prevention program.  IT included support for staffing and programming.  FIPSE
> allowed an indirect cost recovery of only 8% on total costs.
>
> Keith Finan
> Williams College
>