What are Facilities and Administrative Costs and how are they different than overhead and indirect costs? Does my proposal budget have to include them?
Facilities and Administrative Costs may also be referred to as overhead or indirect costs. These terms refer to the general administrative costs and university services that support sponsored research projects and may include: salaries and expenses of executive leadership; costs of operating and maintaining facilities; and the cost of other administrative services upon which all departments/centers rely. These costs differ from direct costs that are directly attributed to a particular project, including but not limited to: PI and co-PI time to implement project, specific project supplies, project travel, etc. To capture as much of the real costs of implementing a sponsored project as possible, it is Rice’s policy to include Facilities and Administrative Costs on every foundation proposal unless 1) the foundation does not permit overhead or 2) the department has received an official waiver through their dean’s office from the Vice Provost for Research. Unlike federal sponsors, private f
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