What is F&A?
Facilities & Administration (F&A) costs - also referred to as indirect or overhead costs - are costs for general use items routinely purchased/provided by the University, such as those incurred for common or joint objectives that cannot be readily and specifically identified with a particular sponsored project, instructional activity, or any other institutional activity.
Examples of F&A costs include:
- Services by Purchasing, Human Resource Services, Facility Services, Business Services, and the like;
- Use of office and/or laboratory space and equipment;
- General use supplies;
- Fixed phone and data port/Internet charges;
- Heat, light, power and janitorial services, etc.; and,
- Time spent by academic departments, deans' offices, ORSP, Library Services, etc.