Indirect Cost

What are Indirect Costs? These include Facilities & Administrative (F&A) and Fringe Benefit Rate costs. F&A includes costs related to providing and maintaining the infrastructure that supports sponsored research.  These costs are not items which can be easily identified as being part of a specific project.  For more information, see F&A Rate

Fringe Benefit Rate clusters fringe benefits paid by the University for its employees.  It includes benefit costs such as health, dental, life insurance, etc.  For more information, see Fringe Benefit Rate

Last Reviewed on 07/01/2022