Sponsored Programs Fact Sheet

Proposals:

c/o Office of Pre-Award Services
Venture Way Center, 100 Venture Way, Suite 201, Box 16
Hadley, MA 01035-9450

pre-award@umass.edu
Phone 413-545-0699
Fax 413-545-1202

Awards:

c/o Office of Post-Award Management
Venture Way Center, 100 Venture Way, Suite 201, Box 7
Hadley, MA 01035-9450

opam@umass.edu
Phone 413-545-0442
Fax 413-545-1595

Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 75 (as amended), Sections 1 and 11

2nd Congressional District of Massachusetts, Hampshire County (MA-002)

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Edwin Miranda, HHS Representative
26 Federal Plaza, Rm. 41-122
New York, NY 10278
Phone (212) 264-2069

Use the University’s predetermined Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Rates as applicable to the sponsor, project type, and whether project is on- or off-campus to calculate the indirect cost rate for all research proposals submitted within each applicable period, unless the sponsor has a published policy requiring another F&A rate. 

Federal Rates

Other Rates

• Federal Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA) with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) dated 9/9/2022 (currently in effect).

• Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC): Base is calculated as follows: Modified total direct costs, consisting of all direct salaries and wages, applicable fringe benefits, materials and supplies, services, travel and up to the first $25,000 of each subaward (regardless of the period of performance of the subawards under the award). Modified total direct costs shall exclude equipment, capital expenditures, charges for patient care, rental costs, tuition remission, scholarships and fellowships, participant support costs and the portion of each subaward in excess of $25,000. Other items may only be excluded when necessary to avoid a serious inequity in the distribution of indirect costs, and with the approval of the cognizant agency for indirect costs.

• Total Direct Costs (TDC): Calculate indirect costs on total direct project costs.

• Tuition Charges are always excluded from indirect cost (IDC) calculations.

• On and Off Campus Indirect Cost Rates Determination Policy

• Definitions of Project Types for F&A purposes

Effective 7/1/2023, the FY2024 academic year GEO Graduate Tuition charge to grants with a proposal date of July 1, 2017 or later, will increase to $15,527 per GEO FTE on a single account, equal to 100% of in-state graduate tuition. The rate is assessed for all grad appointment types for GEO members during FY2024. As outlined in Article 2 of the GEO/University contract, a full-time FTE is equal to 760 hours or more of employment for the year. If the student is employed on more than one project, the charge is pro-rated to each project based on the number of hours worked on each project. Summer appointments are not subject to tuition charges. Tuition Charges are exempt from indirect costs calculations. For proposals on or after July 1, 2017, the same COLA should be applied to all applicable budget items, including salaries and tuition charges. Please note: grants and contracts with a proposal date prior to July 1, 2017 will be charged $14,036 per GEO FTE In FY2024 and continue to see an annual increase of 5% to their tuition charge until the charge is equal to the in-state graduate tuition rate.

Please see the Tuition Charge policy on the Financial and Cost Analysis website for additional information.   

If a COLA is applied to the budget, the same COLA should be applied to all applicable budget items, including salaries, campus charges such as those for Centralized Core Facilities, and tuition charges. For more information, see: https://www.umass.edu/research/proposal-preparation-guide/cost-living-adjustment