Revised November 23, 2009

     

 

GRANT  AND  CONTRACT  PROPOSAL  PREPARATION  FACTSHEET

College of Arts & Sciences

 

 

 

1.         Indirect Cost Rates  (officially “Facilities and Administrative Costs” or “F&A”)
             GIM 13:  http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/gim/gim13.html  

 

                                                                                                           7/1/07 – 6/30/09

                          Research Grants & Contracts         56% (MTDC) on-campus                                    

                                                                          26% (MTDC) off-campus                   

 

                                      

            These rates should continue to be used after 6/30/09 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, for full definition of MTDC.

 

            F&A (Indirect Costs) Negotiation Agreement Date with DHHS – October 13, 2009

 

 

2.             Projecting Salary Increases  
      GIM 25:  http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/gim/gim25.html

 

      Project 4% annually for all positions beyond June 30, 2010

             (Note:  NIH generally allows maximum projected increases of 3% per year)

 

 

3.         Employee Benefit Rates  (effective 7/1/09-6/30/10)    

             GIM 3:  http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/gim/gim3.html

 

 

     7/1/09-6/30/10

Faculty (01-10) 

23.6% 

Auxiliary Teaching (01-20)

25.7%

Classified Staff (01-60)

38.3%

Professional Staff (01-70)

29.3%

Grad Appointments (01-30, 01-40)

12.9%

Hourly/Visiting Sci. (01-80)

13.0%

Postdoc/Research Associate (01-13)

23.6%

 

 

Health insurance for Postdoctoral Research Trainees (01-50) on Public Health Service (PHS) training and fellowship grants should be 19.4%.
Health insurance for Predoctoral Fellows and Trainees (01-90) on PHS grants should be 10.3%. 

 

 

4.         GSSA Salaries (Schedule 1 only, effective July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010) 
             The Graduate School website has more details: http://www.grad.washington.edu/fellow/salaryschedule.htm

             Project 4% increase annually beyond June 30, 2010 (unless sponsor, such as NIH, allows less).

 

 

RA

RAI

RAIL

Standard GSSA Appt:

$1,525

$1,639

$1,761

 

 

 

 

Departments with Variable Rates

           

 

 

Applied Math

$1,677

$1,796

$1,796

Atmospheric Sciences 

$1,714

$1,836

$1,977

Biology

$1,950

$1,950

$1,950

Chemistry

$2,153

$2,153

$2,153

Earth & Space Sci 

$1,761

$1,761

$1,761

Mathematics

$2,029

$2,130

$2,215

Philosophy

$1,789

$1,789

$1,789

Physics

$1,785

$1,919

$2,063

Psychology

$1,741

$1,741

$1,871

           

Schedule 1 salaries are for appointments of 50% or greater for persons paid 5 out of 6 pay periods per quarter.  

 

 

5.         Graduate Operating Fees (does not include building, technology, service and accounting fees)    
           

(Based on Resident costs)

Summer (6 or more credits)

Academic Year (per quarter)

Summer 09 & AY 09-10

$3,165 (7+ credits)

$3,285

Summer 10 & AY 10-11    

$3,609 (7+ credits, estimate)

$3,745 (estimate)    

                                                                                                                                                                                  

            Suggestion:  Project increases at 14% annually 

            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” except for NSF proposals, where “graduate student tuition” should be used.  For more details on tuition and projections, visit Planning & Budgeting’s website:  http://www.washington.edu/admin/pb/home/opb-tuition.htm

 

 

6.         Principal Investigators - A person holding any one of the following titles is eligible to serve as a P.I.:
            Professor                                 Associate Professor                             Assistant Professor
            Research Professor                  Research Associate Professor              Research Assistant Professor  
            Instructor                                 Emeritus         

             

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

            Lecturer                                   Artist-in-Residence                              Visiting and Acting Titles

            Research Scientist*                  Director (of a major program)*

            *Staff as P.I.s require approval by Divisional Dean                 

 

             

7.         Equipment Thresholds (effective July 1, 1996; computer cluster policy effective July 1, 2007)   

 

            Federal Sponsors                                 $2,000 per unit

            Non-Federal Sponsors                         $2,000 per unit

            (For items costing less than the per unit cost described above be sure to budget as supplies.)

 

For policy on computer clusters, reference: 
http://www.washington.edu/admin/eio/homepage/clusterpolicy.htm

 

            Reminder:  Equipment is exempt from indirect costs

 

 

 

 

Useful Websites

 

OSP (Office of Sponsored Programs):  http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/
Researcher’s Guide, list of etools:  http://www.washington.edu/research/guide/eTools.html

Grants Information Memoranda (GIMs):  http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/gim/

SAGE eGC1 (requires UW NetID):  https://ucs.admin.washington.edu/sage
Grants.gov at UW:   http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/gg/index.php

Funding opportunites (OR website):  http://www.washington.edu/research/main.php?page=frOpportunities

 

    

 

 

 

This summary Factsheet is available on the A&S home page:  http://www.artsci.washington.edu
(click “Administrative Gateway”, then “Grants & Contracts”)

 

 

 

V. Palm- Revised Nov 23, 2009

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