ORSPFacilities&Administrative(F&A)CostsWaiverForm
ProposalInformation
PrincipalInvestigator(ProjectMa
nager,LeadInvestigator) emailaddress
Sponsor/Agency
ProposalTitle
Reduction/WaiverRequest
F&A(FacilitiesandAdministrative)costrates(alsoknownasindirectcosts)areestablishedbynegotiationwiththeU.S.Department
ofHealthandHumanServices.F&Aarecoststhatcannotbeuniquelyassociatedwithaparticularprojectbutarenonetheless
incurredbytheuniversityduetotheproject.Theyincludecostssuchas1)th
ecostofmaintenance
,heating,lighting,andcleaningin
buildingswheresponsoredresearchisconducted;2)theadministrativecostsofsuchcomponentsasprocurement,accounting,and
otherunitsthatprovideservicestograntandcontractrecipients;and3)anddepreciationbuildings,equipment,andservices.These
costsarerealan
dthecollecti
onofF&AcostsensuresthemaintenanceoftheUniversityinfrastructurenecessaryforcarryingout
sponsoredresearchactivity.Thesecostsarebudgetedandchargedasapercentageofsomeofthedirectcostelements.
Inthespacebelow,indicatereasonstheUniversityshouldconsiderapprovalofthisrequesttoreduce/waivetheestablishedindirect
rateandexplai
nhowtheproject
willbenefitfromthereduction.AnyrequesttoreduceF&Awillbecarefullyscrutinizedtoensure
theprojectsignificantlybenefitsUWG’smission.NoF&ArecoverywillbereturnedtotheUWGunitswhorequestandreceive
approvaltowaiveanyportionofF&Acostsunlessthesponsorspecificallylimitstheamount(percent)recovered.
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additionalpagesifmorespaceisneeded.
RequestedUnrecoveredF&A $
Calculatetheam
ountofF&Athatcouldberecovered,butwhichyouareaskingtoreduce/waive.
DifferencebetweenF&AActualandF&ARequested:
(37.5%xtotaldirectcosts)(requestedreduction%xtotaldirectcosts):
Ex:ifyouarerequestingareductionto10%
(37.5%x$50,000)(10%x$50,000)=$18,750‐$5,000=$13,750unrecoveredF&A
PISign
ature PIName(printed) Date
AssociateVicePresidentforResearch&SponsoredProjects Date
TheCurrentFederallynegotiated
F&ArateforUWGis37.5%MTD.
ForORSPUseOnly
Waiver/Reduction Approved/Disapproved Date:
Approvedam
ountofrecoveredF&A: $
OfficeofResearch&
SponsoredProjects
October 2017 (v.3)