Do universities have to make public their Indirect and Estate Cost rates?
No. RCs will ask for costs, not the rates they are based on. If the Research Council recommends a reduction to the resources of a project, how will the bid be re-costed? If there is a change to research staff resources for instance, then the RC will return the proposal to the HEI for recalculation of estates and indirect costs, as these two rates are linked to the research FTE. There will be a 10 working day period in which to do this. At the University of Wolverhampton salary bandings are being used for Principal Investigators, can they be used for RAs too? No. RAs represent Directly Incurred costs, and accordingly their actual pay costs should be entered. When completing the proposal please bear in mind that U of W has adopted the non JNCHE route in connection with RAs. As a Principal Investigator, how do I know which of the 3 bandings to use? Contact Graduate School. What staff costs should be included? Total employment costs should be charged for staff, whether DI or DA. These must
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