 Program Income is earned income that is directly generated by a supported activity or earned as a result of an award. 1

Changes to the procedures for requesting a Program Income Sub-budget  Requests are sent directly to GCA  Requests do not go through OSP  Budget to be balanced at end of the project 2

 New form for requesting a program Income budget “REQUEST FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM INCOME BUDGET” 3

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 Activity generating program income that meets the definition of a Recharge Center or Cost Center will have the rates reviewed by MAA.  The Revenue will be deposited into a Program Income Budget rather than a Recharge or other revenue type Budget. 5

 Cost Center - An organizational unit or activity that provides goods and services primarily to internal university operations. Cost centers charge less than $175,000 annually to federally sponsored programs AND less than $1,000,000 in total charges.  Recharge Center - An organizational unit or activity that provides goods and services primarily to internal university operations. Recharge centers charge more than $175,000 annually to federally sponsored agreements OR more than $1,000,000 in total charges. 6

 Recharge center rate proposals must be submitted at least annually to MAA.  Cost centers must submit rate proposals to MAA when:  they are initially established,  new services or products are added, or  significant changes are made to the methodology used to calculate the rate(s).  Otherwise, the Dean or VP is responsible to review and approve cost center rates. 7