F&A Rate Information

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.