Section: 150-15
Effective: 07/01/2004
Supersedes: 11/01/1998
Next Review Date: TBD
Issuance Date: 07/01/2004
Issuing Office: Resource Management - Financial Analysis Office / Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA)
The rate for reimbursement of Facilities and Administrative (F&A, also referred to as indirect) costs is calculated according to the procedures set forth in OMB Circular A-21 and is audited by the Federal Government. F&A cost rates are then negotiated and established for specific rate periods for federally sponsored on-campus and off-campus organized research, instruction and other sponsored activities. These rates are also utilized by the university for non-federally sponsored projects. Non-federal extramurally sponsored projects are inclusive of those which result from contract and grant solicitations to state agencies, local governmental bodies and private sponsors.
The F&A cost rate is assessed on a Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) basis. Modified Total Direct Costs are total costs less expenditures for:
Should a proposed Federal or non-Federal project involve work at both on-campus and off-campus sites, the general rule is that either the on-campus or off-campus rate is applied, consistent with where the majority of the work will be performed. Salary and wage costs are generally accepted as a measure of work performed in terms of the total project.
Applications which incorporate collaboration and co-investigative projects, where investigators and effort are located on other U.C. campuses, must utilize the approved F&A cost rates for the respective campus for that portion(s) of the overall project. However, UCSD overhead will not apply to other UC campus collaborator sub-awards.
Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs are costs that are incurred for common or joint objectives and, therefore, cannot be identified readily and specifically with a particular sponsored project, an instruction activity, or any other institutional activity and cannot be directly charged. A grouping of incurred costs that is identified with two or more cost objectives but not with any final cost objective is referred to as an F&A cost pool. F&A costs are also referred to as "indirect" costs.
In undertaking any sponsored project, regardless of funding source, the University must recover both direct and F&A costs. When the University assumes stewardship of a sponsored project, it incurs costs in both categories. Should these costs not be recovered as either direct or F&A costs, they must be paid from other institutional fund sources, such as departmental support funds, which would result in short-changing these programs. As a result, F&A cost recovery must be included in all proposal applications which solicit Federal or non-Federal contract and grant funds. In view of this requirement, informal negotiations conducted between a Principal Investigator and a prospective contractor or grantor must include, at the onset, a recognition of F&A costs, as well as those which are direct.
Regents' Standing Order 100.4(m) states:
"The President is authorized to negotiate and approve indirect cost rates to be applied to contracts and grants under which the University conducts programs supported by extramural funds, provided that such negotiations shall be directed toward full recovery of indirect costs."
Further, University Regulation No. 4 (Revised) provides that:
"For all tests and investigations made for agencies outside the University, a charge shall be made sufficient to cover all expenses, both direct and indirect."
All proposals, from the earliest stages of submittal and negotiation, to sponsoring agencies, for organized research, instruction and other sponsored activities, whether to a federal, state, local government or private agency, must provide for F&A cost recovery at the appropriate rate. The applicable rates for the various types of sponsored programs are provided in Supplement I, which applies to receipt of funding from both Federal and non-Federal sources. Only the approved rates contained in Supplement I and the List of Approved F&A Cost Rates Granted on a Class Basis are acceptable for use in sponsored proposal applications.
The rates incorporated into Supplement I have been negotiated with the Federal Government and shall be used in all proposals (both Federal and Non-Federal). Split rates must be calculated and used when a proposal budget contains periods where more than one negotiated rate is applicable.
Some Federal and non-Federal agencies (including certain state agencies and non-profit foundations) may attempt to limit or restrict full F&A cost recovery. Such limitations/ restrictions must be approved by the Office of the President in order for a related award to be accepted.
The guidelines for determining exceptions to F&A cost rates are applicable to contracts, grants and cooperative agreements funded by sponsoring agencies. These guidelines are issued and updated by the Financial Analysis Office, Office of the President. An approved list of acceptable F&A cost rates granted on a class basis as well as on an individual basis is maintained by the Financial Analysis Office, Office of the President and is available for review from the Office of Contract & Grant Administration.
Approval for exceptions to the F&A cost rate is obtained from the Office of the President and is reported to the Committee on Finance of The Regents of the University of California.
Requests for exceptions to the F&A cost rate should be made before a proposal is submitted and may be either for an individual (Chancellor's vital interest) or a class of agreements (non-profit agency policy). The request will be considered only if the award meets the established University criteria. The San Diego campus procedure for obtaining a Chancellor's recommendation for exception requires the endorsement of the respective 1) Chair of the department, 2) the appropriate Dean or Director's office, and 3) the review and recommendation of the Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA) before forwarding to the Chancellor (via the Vice Chancellor-Resource Management and Planning) for signature and recommendation to the Office of the President for final approval. More detailed information regarding the referenced procedures, form preparation, or Office of the President review can be obtained by contacting a Contract and Grant Officer, at either the central OCGA or SIO/OCGA.
Notwithstanding the above, requests for reduction or waiver of F&A costs are strongly discouraged, especially in the case of for-profit sponsors.
As new F&A cost rates are established, all major agencies are officially notified. Any continuation/renewal budget periods in proposals to funding sponsors are subject to acceptance based on appropriate rates available at the time of continuation/renewal.
Awards existing when the new rate period begins, and in which rates are fixed for the project period by the terms of the award, will not be affected by a change in rates during that period unless an award balance remains after completion of the project including expiration of no cost extensions.
The costs of materials and components of fabricated equipment and the cost of recharges for labor from authorized campus machine shops are excluded from the application of F&A costs. Conversely, the F&A cost rate is assessed on all departmental labor (salaries and wages) and related fringe benefit costs, including that incurred for fabricated equipment which is charged directly to contract and grant funds.
Following are examples of specific post-award transactions which will affect the amount of F&A costs charged to a sponsored project. Departmental personnel involved in these transactions should fully understand the principles described in order to insure proper fund allocation and protection from fund overdrafts.
Based upon the F&A cost rate contained in the award document, the Accounting Office will make an initial allocation to Sub-budget Y of the departmental expenditure account established for the award. As expenditures occur, an automated financial entry will generate a charge to this expenditure account to record the recovery of F&A costs.
The University is on a Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC) Rate. This means that F&A costs are applied to total direct costs excluding those delineated in Sections II.A. and IV.G. Special handling to either increase or decrease the F&A cost appropriation is required when transferring funds in and out of direct cost categories.
NOTE: For example purposes, the definition of equipment used is $1,500, effective 7/1/99.
DR: Consumable Supplies Account 63xxxx $1,320
F&A Cost Account Yxxxxx $ 680
CR: Inventorial Equipment Account 64xxxx $ 2,000
DR: Inventorial Equipment Account 64xxxx $ 3,030
CR: Consumable Supplies Account 63xxxx $ 2,000
F&A Cost Account Yxxxxx $ 1,030
Under the current negotiated F&A cost agreement, F&A cost is only applicable to the first $25,000 of expenditures under a sub-award. Therefore, the increasing or decreasing of the amount of sub-award requires special handling, as follows:
DR: Sub-award Account 67xxxx $75,000
CR: Salaries Account 62xxxx $ 39,603
CR: Employee Benefits Account 66xxxx* $ 9,902
DR F&A Cost Account Yxxxxx $ 25,495
*Employee benefits are assumed for this example to be 25% of salaries.
NOTE: Only the amount of the canceled sub-award above $25,000 had an effect on the F&A cost allocation.
DR: Sub-award Account 67xxxx $85,000
CR: Salaries Account 62xxxx $ 39,603
CR: Employee Benefits Account 66xxxx $ 9,902
CR: F&A Cost Account Yxxxxx $ 25,495**
** Because F&A costs, $ 5,150, applicable to the $10,000 unexpended portion, of the first $25,000 of the sub-award (i.e., $25,000 minus $15,000) are already appropriated to F&A Costs, Account Yxxxxx, it is only necessary to adjust for F&A costs, $ 25,495, on $75,000 of the sub-award over $25,000 that is being transferred. The computation for this adjustment is as follows:
$85,000 - $10,000 = $ 49,505 1.515
$49,505 x .515 = $25,495
Effective July 1, 1982, the University of California established individual campus rates with the Federal Government. (Refer to Supplement I.) Special care must be taken in transferring Federal contract and grant funds between campuses as follows:
San Diego Campus Budget Entry
DR: Consumable Supplies Account Bxxxxx $ 6,600
DR: F&A Cost Account Yxxxxx $ 3,400
CR: Unexpended Balance $10,000
Berkeley Campus Budget Entry
DR: Unexpended Balances $10,000
CR: Consumable Supplies $6,671
CR: F&A Costs $3,329
San Diego Campus Budget Entries
DR: Consumable Supplies Account 63xxxx $ 9,894
DR: F&A Cost Account Yxxxxx $ 5,096
CR: Unexpended Balance $ 14,990
Berkeley Campus Budget Entry
DR Unexpended Balances $ 14,990
CR: Consumable Supplies $10,000
CR: F&A Costs $ 4,990
Because of a retroactive transaction or some other adjustment, F&A cost adjustments pertaining to expenditures incurred in a prior period may have to be recorded by the Accounting Office. When such an adjustment is made, both the budget and financial journal entries are recorded in Account Zxxxxx.
Principal investigators are responsible for including in each proposal for extramural funding a provision for recovering F&A costs at the appropriately established rate(s). Questions relative to this subject should be referred to the Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA), Extension 43330, or the SIO/OCGA, Extension 44570.
The Accounting Office is responsible for:
The Office of Contract and Grant Administration is responsible for:
The Resource Management - Financial Analysis Office is responsible for:
The Office of the President is responsible for:
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES RATE AGREEMENT
EIN #: 1956006144A1 DATE: May 28, 2004
INSTITUTION: FILING REF.: The preceding
University of California Agreement was dated
San Diego Campus June 23, 1999
CA
The rates approved in this agreement are for use on grants, contracts and other agreements with the Federal Government, subject to the conditions in Section III.
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SECTION I.: FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATES*
RATE TYPES: FIXED - FINAL - PROV. (PROVISIONAL) - PRED. (PREDETERMINED)
TYPE EFFECTIVE PERIOD
FROM - TO RATE LOCATIONS APPLICABLE TO
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 52.0 On-Campus (1) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/04 06/30/05 53.5 On-Campus (1) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/05 06/30/06 54.0 On-Campus (1) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/06 06/30/08 54.5 On-Campus (1) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/08 26.0 Off-Campus (1) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/08 53.0 On-Campus (1) Instruction
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/08 26.0 Off-Campus (1) Instruction
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 40.0 On-Campus (1) Other Sponsored Act.
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 24.5 Off-Campus (1) Other Sponsored Act.
PRED. 07/01/04 06/30/08 45.0 On-Campus (1) Other Sponsored Act.
PRED. 07/01/04 06/30/08 26.0 Off-Campus (1) Other Sponsored Act.
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 52.8 On-Campus (2) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 26.8 Off-Campus (2) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 57.0 On-Campus (2) Instruction
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 30.0 Off-Campus (2) Instruction
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 40.0 On-Campus (2) Other Sponsored Act.
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 24.5 Off-Campus (2) Other Sponsored Act.
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 13.0 (A) (1) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/04 06/30/08 16.0 (A) (1) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/02 06/30/04 26.5 (B) (1) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/04 06/30/08 28.0 (B) (1) Organized Research
PRED. 07/01/04 06/30/08 19.0 (C) (1) Organized Research
PROV. 07/01/08 UNTIL AMENDED Use same rates and conditions as those cited for fiscal year ending June 30, 2008
(1) Facilities and Administrative Rates
(2) Facilities and Administrative Rates - DOD Contracts Only
(A) Nimitz Marine Facility & Marine Physical Laboratories
(B) General Clinical Research Center, (On-Campus)
(C) General Clinical Research Center, (Off-Campus)
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*BASE:
Modified total direct costs, consisting of all salaries and wages, fringe benefits, materials, supplies, services, travel and subgrants and subcontracts up to the first $25,000 of each subgrant or subcontract (regardless of the period covered by the subgrant or subcontract). Modified total direct costs shall exclude equipment, capital expenditures, charges for patient care, tuition remission, rental costs of off-site facilities, scholarships, and fellowships as well as the portion of each subgrant and subcontract in excess of $25,000.
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SECTION II.: SPECIAL REMARKS
TREATMENT OF FRINGE BENEFITS:
This organization charges the actual cost of each fringe benefit direct to Federal projects. However, it uses a fringe benefit rate which is applied to salaries and wages in budgeting fringe benefit costs under project proposals. The fringe benefits listed below are treated as direct costs.
TREATMENT OF PAID ABSENCES:
Vacation, holiday, sick leave pay and other paid absences are included in salaries and wages and are claimed on grants, contracts and other agreements as part of the normal cost for salaries and wages. Separate claims for the cost of these paid absences are not made. A separate charge is made to Federal projects for vacation benefit leave accruals.
DEFINITION OF EQUIPMENT:
Effective July 1, 1999, equipment is defined as tangible nonexpendable personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $1500 or more per unit.
DEFINITION OF ON-CAMPUS, OFF CAMPUS AND SPECIAL RATES
DEFINITION OF OFF-CAMPUS RATE:
The off-campus rate is applicable to those projects conducted at facilities not owned or leased by the University. However, if the project is conducted in leased space and lease costs are directly charged to the project, then the off-campus rate must be used.
PROJECTS CONDUCTED ENTIRELY ON-CAMPUS OR ENTIRELY OFF-CAMPUS:
Projects conducted entirely on-campus or entirely off-campus will be applied the on-campus or off-campus rate respectively.
PROJECTS CONDUCTED PARTIALLY OFF-CAMPUS AND PARTIALLY ON-CAMPUS:
If the project involves work at both on-campus and off-campus sites, either the on-campus or off-campus rate generally should be applied, consistent with where the majority of the work is to be performed. Salary cost is generally accepted as a measure of work performed in terms of the total project.
USE OF BOTH ON-CAMPUS AND OFF-CAMPUS RATES:
The use of both on-campus and off-campus rates for a given project may be justified if both of the respective rates can clearly be identified with a significant portion of salaries and wages of the project. For purposes of this provision, significant is defined as approximately 25% or more of the total costs and a project's total salary and wage costs exceed $250,000.
OTHER SPECIAL RATES:
These rates apply only to the facility or program to which they ar identified. If any additional special rates become necessary the establishment of such rates should be coordinated through the cognizant negotiation agency.
The following fringe benefits are treated as direct costs:
OASDI, MEDICARE, RETIREMENT PLAN, HEALTH/DENTAL/OPTICAL/LIFE INSURANCE, WORKERS COMPENSATION, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, NON-INDUSTRIAL DISABILITY INSURANCE, ANNUITANT HEALTH/DENTAL INSURANCE, INCENTIVE AWARD PROGRAM, EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PROGRAM, SEVERANCE PAY AND TUITION/FEE REMISSION OF CERTAIN STUDENT EMPLOYEES.
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SECTION III.: GENERAL
A. LIMITATIONS:
The rates in this Agreement are subject to any statutory or administrative limitations and apply to a given grant, contract or other agreement only to the extent that funds are available. Acceptance of the rates is subject to the following conditions. (1) Only costs incurred by the organization were included in its facilities and administrative costs pools as finally accepted: such costs are legal obligations of the organization and are allowable under the governing cost principles; (2) The same costs that have been treated as facilities and administrative costs are not claimed as direct costs; (3) Similar types of costs have been accorded consistent accounting treatment; and (4) The information provided by the organization which was used to establish the rates is not later found to be materially incomplete or inaccurate by the Federal Government. In such situations the rate(s) would be subject to renegotiation at the discretion of the Federal Government.
B. ACCOUNTING CHANGES:
This Agreement is based on the accounting system purported by the organization to be in effect during the Agreement period. Changes to the method of accounting for costs which affect the amount of reimbursement resulting from the use of this Agreement require prior approval of the authorized representative of the cognizant agency. Such changes include, but are not limited to, changes in the charging of a particular type of cost from facilities and administrative to direct. Failure to obtain approval may result in cost disallowances.
C. FIXED RATES:
If a fixed rate is in this Agreement, it is based on an estimate of the costs for the period covered by the rate. When the actual costs for this period are determined, an adjustment will be made to a rate of a future year(s) to compensate for the difference between the costs used to establish the fixed rate and actual costs.
D. USE BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES:
The rates in this Agreement were approved in accordance with the authority in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21 Circular, and should be applied to grants, contracts and other agreements covered by this Circular, subject to any limitations in A above. The organization may provide copies of the Agreement to other Federal Agencies to give them early notification of the Agreement.
FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE RATES FOR THE PERIOD
JULY 1, 1997 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2001
ORGANIZED RESEARCH INSTRUCTION OTHER SPON PROJ NIMITZ MARINE FACILITY GEN. CLINICAL RESEARCH CTR
On- Campus Off- Campus On- Campus Off- Campus On- Campus Off- Campus
EQUIPMENT 3.60 3.00 5.00 0.00 0.00
BUILDING & IMPROVE 2.90 2.00 1.50 0.00 0.00
OPERATION & MAIN. 13.60 10.60 6.50 0.00 0.50
INTEREST 2.40 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.00
STUDENT SERVICES 0.80 6.80 1.80 0.00 0.00
GEN ADMIN 6.50 6.50 9.80 6.50 13.20
DEPT ADMIN 16.90 13.90 10.00 3.90 10.00
SPON PROJ ADMIN 2.60 2.80 2.90 2.60 2.80
ADMIN COMPONENTS 26.80 26.00 26.00 30.00 26.00 26.00 24.50 24.50 24.50 13.00 13.00 26.00 26.00
LIBRARY 3.00 0.00 10.90 0.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 51.50 26.00 53.00 26.00 40.00 24.50 13.00 26.50
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPONENTS LIMITED TO 26.0% IN ACCORDANCE WITH OMB A-21, DATED JULY 26, 1993
CONCUR:
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DATE
JULY 1, 1997 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2001
DOD Contracts Only
ORGANIZED RESEARCH
INSTRUCTION
OTHER SPON PROJ
NIMITZ
MARINE FACILITY
GEN. CLINICAL
RESEARCH CTR On- Campus Off- Campus On- Campus Off- Campus On- Campus Off- Campus
EQUIPMENT 3.60 3.00 5.00 0.00 0.00
BUILDING & IMPROVE 2.90 2.00 1.50 0.00 0.00
OPERATION & MAIN. 13.60 10.60 6.50 0.00 0.50
INTEREST 2.40 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.00
STUDENT SERVICES 0.80 6.80 1.80 0.00 0.00
GEN ADMIN 6.50 6.50 9.80 6.50 13.20
DEPT ADMIN 16.90 13.90 10.00 3.90 10.00
SPON PROJ ADMIN 2.60 2.80 2.90 2.60 2.80
ADMIN COMPONENTS 26.80 26.80 26.80 30.00 30.00 30.00 24.50 24.50 24.50 13.00 13.00 26.00 26.00
LIBRARY 3.00 0.00 10.90 0.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 52.30 26.80 57.00 30.00 40.00 24.50 13.00 26.50
CONCUR: (SIGNATURE) TITLE DATE
FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE RATES FOR THE PERIOD
JULY 1, 2001 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2002
ORGANIZED RESEARCH
INSTRUCTION
OTHER SPON PROJ
NIMITZ
MARINE FACILITY
GEN. CLINICAL
RESEARCH CTR
On- Campus Off- Campus On- Campus Off- Campus On- Campus Off- Campus
EQUIPMENT 3.60 3.00 5.00 0.00 0.00
BUILDING & IMPROVE 3.10 2.00 1.50 0.00 0.00
OPERATION & MAIN. 13.60 10.60 6.50 0.00 0.50
INTEREST 2.70 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.00
STUDENT SERVICES 0.80 6.80 1.80 0.00 0.00
GEN ADMIN 6.50 6.50 9.80 6.50 13.20
DEPT ADMIN 16.90 13.90 10.00 3.90 10.00
SPON PROJ ADMIN 2.60 2.80 2.90 2.60 2.80
ADMIN COMPONENTS 26.80 26.00 26.00 30.00 26.00 26.00 24.50 24.50 24.50 13.00 13.00 26.00 26.00
LIBRARY 3.00 0.00 10.90 0.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 52.00 26.00 53.00 26.00 40.00 24.50 13.00 26.50
CONCUR:
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TITLE
DATE
FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE RATES FOR THE PERIOD
JULY 1, 2001 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2002
DOD Contracts Only
ORGANIZED RESEARCH
INSTRUCTION
OTHER SPON PROJ NIMITZ
MARINE FACILITY
GEN. CLINICAL
RESEARCH CTR
On- Campus Off- Campus On- Campus Off- Campus On- Campus Off- Campus
EQUIPMENT 3.60 3.00 5.00 0.00 0.00
BUILDING & IMPROVE 3.10 2.00 1.50 0.00 0.00
OPERATION & MAIN. 13.60 10.60 6.50 0.00 0.50
INTEREST 2.70 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.00
STUDENT SERVICES 0.80 6.80 1.80 0.00 0.00
GEN ADMIN 6.50 6.50 9.80 6.50 13.20
DEPT ADMIN 16.90 13.90 10.00 3.90 10.00
SPON PROJ ADMIN 2.60 2.80 2.90 2.60 2.80
ADMIN COMPONENTS 26.80 26.80 26.80 30.00 30.00 30.00 24.50 24.50 24.50 13.00 13.00 26.00 26.00
LIBRARY 3.00 0.00 10.90 0.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 52.80 26.80 57.00 30.00 40.00 24.50 13.00 26.50
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