What happens to indirect costs from research grants? How are they distributed?
When? A: As part of the annual budget process, the MSU Office of Planning and Budgets (OPB) includes in each major administrative unit’s (MAU) budget a “Research Facilitation Grant” generally amounting to 20 % of the indirect costs charged to the MAU in the previous year. In some MAUs, the full 20% is given back to units as part of the MAU budget process. Other MAUs keep the 20% and allocate it to the units within the MAU as needed. In other cases, the MAU keeps part and allocates the rest to the units within the MAU. The VPRGS receives a special allocation of 5% of the overall total. Back to questions Q: Does the university have grant-writing workshops? Other grant-writing resources? A: Information on seminars appears on several Web sites: OVPRGS, MSU Libraries, the Provost Office Faculty Development page, The Graduate School, selected MSU colleges. The search function on the MSU home page is also helpful. The quarterly OVPRGS newsletter, Research News, also lists events of interest t
