Grant and Contracting Proposal Preparation Factsheet

Indirect Cost Rates

Projecting Salary Increases

Employee Benefit Rates

GSSA Salaries

1. Indirect Cost Rates (officially "Facilities and Administrative Costs" or "F&A") (GIM 13)

	July 1, 1999 - June 30, 2002
Research Grants & Contracts	52% (MTDC) on-campus 51.6% (MTDC) on-campus after 7/1/02 26% (MTDC) off-campus
Instruction	55% (MTDC) on-campus 26% (MTDC) off-campus

These rates should continue to be used until a new agreement is negotiated.

Reminder: Certain costs are exempt from indirect costs (i. e., equipment, grad operating fees, portions of subcontracts). Please reference GIM 13, Attachment A, page 2 for full definition of MTDC.

Indirect Cost Negotiation Agreement Date with DHHS - November 18, 1999

2. Projecting Salary Increases (GIM 25)

Project 4% annually for all positions beyond June 30, 2001.

NIH often allows projected inflation rates of only 3%, and may return proposals if higher figures are used.

3. Employee Benefit Rates - effective June 30, 1999 (GIM 3)

Faculty (01-10) and Postdoc (Ol-48)	21.8%	Grad Appointments (01-30, 01-40)	10.2%
Auxiliary Teaching (01-20)	25.3%	Hourly/Visit Sci. (01-80)	10.6%
Classified Staff (01-60)	28.4%	Postdoc Trainees (01-50)	15.4%*
Professional Staff (01-70)	24.2%	Pre-doc Fellow/Trainees 01-90)	8.4%

*Health Insurance on Training & Fellowship Grants.
Use on Public Health Service (PHS) Training Grants or Research Service Awards.
For NIH trainees, see GIM 3 for special circumstances.

4. GSSA Salaries (effective Julv 1, 2000)

Project 4% increase annually.

Title	Salary/month	FTE
RA	$1,475	50%

5. Graduate Operating Fees (Based on Resident Tuition)

	Fall 2000 - Summer 2001
Academic Year (per quarter)	$1,913
Summer/7+ credits (per quarter)	$1,819(includes 4% projected increase)

Suggestion: Project increases at 4% annually beginning Fall 2001.
Note: These fees are excluded from indirect costs.
(When including the operating portion of tuition for graduate student research assistants in your proposal budget, the correct terminology to use is "graduate operating fee.")

6. Principal Investigators - A person holding any one of the following titles is eligible to serve as a Principal Investigator:

Professor	Research Professor
Associate Professor	Research Associate Professor
Assistant Professor	Research Assistant
Instructor	Professor Emeritus

The following titles may also be eligible but must be considered on a case by case basis:

Lecturer	Artist-in-Residence
Senior Lecturer	Senior Artist-in-Residence
Visiting and Acting Titles

7. Equipment Thresholds (effective July 1, 1996)