The applicable institutional negotiated rate should be used on all corporate sponsored projects unless institutional practice dictates otherwise. An example of institutional practice would be a reduced rate for a project that is primarily for the support of student competitions or projects.
The university will generally accept a sponsor limited rate if the restriction is published and applicable to all applicants. However, absent a special circumstance such as student support, the university will not accept this restriction, even if published and applicable to all applicants, when the source of funding is for-profit organizations, foreign government entities, or other universities.
State of Illinois agencies that report to the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB) are subject to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) when they sponsor Financial Assistance projects. For projects (a) submitted to a GOMB Agency and (b) for the purpose of Financial Assistance, Principal Investigators may elect to utilize an Indirect (F&A) Cost Rate of 20% MTDC for On-Campus projects or 10% MTDC for Off-Campus projects.
A research project typically has the following attributes:
A testing project typically has the following attributes:
Off-campus is defined as activities performed at sites not owned or centrally leased by the university, or activities occurring in sites for which those site costs are directly allocated and charged to the project. Centrally leased by the university means the lease costs are paid by the Office of the Chancellor (including the Provost Office and the Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation) or the System Office.
Criteria for using the off-campus designation for the project are as follows:
There are certain circumstances under which the institution may elect to accept a reduced F&A rate. Some examples of these circumstances follow:
The basis for our F&A calculation using the applicable negotiated rate is the Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC). Under MTDC, F&A is not assessed on equipment (a useful life of more than one year and a per-unit acquisition cost of $5,000 or more), capital expenditures, charges for patient care, rental costs, tuition remission, scholarships and fellowships, participant support costs, and the portion of each subaward and subcontract in excess of $25,000. Our negotiated F&A rate schedules and agreements are available here.
The Division of Animal Resources (DAR), in partnership with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, researchers, students, and regulatory agencies, is responsible for ensuring high quality animal care and for providing training in and consultation on the safe, humane use of laboratory animals in research and education in compliance with federal regulations and campus policies.
The USDA Animal Welfare Act and the NIH Public Health Service Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Animals require that institutions conducting research with animals establish an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). The IACUC provides oversight and helps ensure compliance with all laws, regulations, and policies governing the care and use of research and teaching animals.
Based in Chicago, the Zoological Pathology Program is a unique collaboration between the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and a number of private and public entities, ranging from zoos to federal wildlife agencies to conservation organizations around the world. The program has earned an international reputation for excellence in diagnostic service, education of residents and veterinary students, contribution to worldwide conservation efforts, and original scholarship.