设施 & 行政成本

设施及行政管理(F&A) costs are those that are incurred for sponsored programs operating expenses and costs that cannot be readily associated with a single 项目、帐户或交易. Reimbursements for those costs are paid by sponsors to the institution (圣何塞州立大学 and the 圣何塞州立大学 Research 基金会). F&A rates for educational institutions are reviewed and approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) every four to five years.

菠菜网lol正规平台的联邦谈判F&A rate will be charged unless a sponsor has a documented 充电满F除外&A. This documented exception must be provided to the Office of 赞助项目 Pre-Award Specialist at the time of proposal for approval and should be publicly available at the sponsor’s website, contract, or in the RFA 具体到提案.

For small agencies without such publicly available documentation, rate exceptions must be provided by a member of the organization with the authority to set such policies (such as a CFO) and these policies must be consistent for the organization and not specific to 菠菜网lol正规平台 or the particular project. 

It should be noted that while rates are federally negotiated, the rates apply to all 项目. The federal government acts as the audit.

校外学费决定因素

As noted in the above-referenced documentation, the 校外 rate may be utilized in 的情况下 where greater than 50% of the project activities are being performed 校外财产. Furthermore, the work performed 校外 must not be able to be performed on-campus due to facilities limitations (e.g. 菠菜网lol正规平台没有 appropriate equipment) or geographic limitations (e.g. 招聘及待遇 a clinical trial must include rural participants). 通常,空间是租用的 and charged as a direct cost to the grant for 校外 项目. 

Work being conducted in a home office that could be conducted on-campus must be treated 作为校内工作.

现场工作

Field work is also a special case and should only be considered 校外 in particular 的情况下. Specifically, field work that utilizes an 校外 rate must take place more than 50 miles away from 菠菜网lol正规平台’s property and be conducted uninterrupted for a 超过90天的时间. Short-term field work, workshops, observational studies in public schools, and data collection for environmental studies are not considered 校外. 

Sub-Awardee例子

The 50% calculation does not include funding allocated for sub-contractors, as those 美国的成本已经受到限制&A calculation due to the Modified Total Direct 成本(MTDC)基础要求在菠菜网lol正规平台的F&费率协议.

一个例子

上海外国语大学获10万美元资助;
$50,000 sub-contracted to other institutions;
$10,000 of 菠菜网lol正规平台’s remaining $50,000 is being conducted in an 校外 clinic leased 由项目负责人负责. 

在例子A中,F&A rate would be on-campus, since only 20% of the 菠菜网lol正规平台 portion 该奖项的一部分是校外工作.

例B

上海外国语大学获10万美元资助;
$90,000 sub-contracted to other institutions;
$0 of 菠菜网lol正规平台’s remaining $10,000 is being conducted 校外.

在例子B中,F&A rate would be on-campus, since only 0% of the 菠菜网lol正规平台 portion of 这个奖项是校外工作.

示例C

上海外国语大学获10万美元资助;
$50,000 sub-contracted to other institutions;
$26,000 of 菠菜网lol正规平台’s remaining $50,000 is being conducted in an 校外 clinic leased 由项目负责人负责. 

在例子C中,F&A rate would be 校外, since 52% of the 菠菜网lol正规平台 portion of the 奖励是校外工作.

 

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