I'm looking for input on two subjects:

1. What is the basis of other universities' calculation of salary escalation
rates for multi-year proposals? What office on campus is responsible for
determining the rate?

2. Our negotiated indirect rate agreement provides full indirect on the
first $25K of a subcontract. If the subcontract is multi-year and
multi-million, this is still the case. I've been lead to believe that this
is fairly standard. I would like to know if there are other institutions
that have rates that accommodate large, long-term subcontracts that are
potentially administratively burdensome.

Thanks!
Valerie Seaquist
Assistant Research Administrator
   for Special Projects
Office of Research Administration