FY 2009-2011 Predetermined F&A and Tuition Remission
E-mail from Michael Bass, Executive Assistant Vice President for Business and Finance & Charles F. Zukoski, Vice Chancellor for ResearchThe Organized Research F&A rate of 58.5% should be used immediately for all proposals for new and competing renewals for on-campus projects with begin dates on or after July 1, 2008. This rate has been negotiated with the Federal government for the FY 2009-FY 2011 rate period. The FY 2008 Provisional F&A and Fringe Benefits rates have been made final and should be applied to non-competing continuations, supplements under an existing award and revised budgets that were originally submitted using FY2008 rates.
Detailed Rate Application Guidelines are available from the Indirect Cost Rates (F&A) page of the OBFS Grants and Sponsored Projects Web site at http://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/obfshome.cfm?level=2&path=grantsp&xmldata=indirect and are shown for each fiscal year. FY 2009 fringe benefits rates are not yet known and will be updated in the FY 2009 Rate Guidelines at a later date. Until this is updated, FY 2008 fringe benefits rates should be used for proposal purposes.
Questions related to rate applications in proposals should be directed to the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Administration (333-2187, ).
Questions related to rate applications to project financial funds should be directed to Grants and Contracts Post-Award Administration (333-2186, ).
Please read carefully the Rate Application Guidelines found at: http://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/grantsp/documents/rates09U_022908.pdf
Email from the SCS Business Office
If you have any questions or would like assistance with proposal processing, please contact or Jenny Cox (244-3915; ), Kathy Dams (244-2339; ), or Holly Spinner (244-1945; ). They review/assist with the budget, the cover sheet, and the UI transmittal form.
The UI Grants and Contracts Office requires at least 5 working days to process proposals with 1st and 15th of the month deadlines, and 3 working days to process for other deadlines. Our office may require one additional day depending on the volume of proposals received, and rather or not we have reviewed the budget prior to receiving the final proposal.
All paper and electronically submitted proposals to all private and federal agencies must be routed through our office. A UI transmittal form signed by the PI and the Department Head is required for both types.
Grants and Contracts will be happy to conduct preliminary reviews, but those must come in prior to the internal deadline. After that, the volume of proposals in their office prevents them from being able to provide this service.
Please remember to send a copy of any proposal guidelines you are working on with the proposal. An advance copy is even better, if you can.
Thank you for your cooperation.
