1. Office of Sponsored Research and Programs (OSRP)
STAFF:
Domenica G. Pappas, CRA, Director
Robert Lapointe, Deputy Director
Toni Allen, CRA, Associate Director
Flo Redmond, CRA, Associate Director
J. Brian Davis, Research Administrator
Gary Weiler: Research Administrator
Deborah Wade, Research Coordinator

2. Illinois Tech follows Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200 for all grants
Illinois Tech follows Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200 for all grants. For detailed definitions go to their website.

3. Budget – Categories of Cost
Salaries and Wages
Fringe Benefits
Consultant Costs
Equipment
Supplies
Travel
Other Direct Costs (including tuition)
Consortium Costs
Indirect Costs/Facilities & Administration
Click here for an interactive budget template

4. Salaries and Wages
Cost for all individuals who work on the project proportionate to their level of effort on the project..
UG: Costs of professional and consultant services rendered by persons who are members of a particular profession or possess a special skill, and who are not officers or employees of the non-Federal entity, are allowable, …. when reasonable in relation to the services rendered and when not contingent upon recovery of the costs from the Federal government. An individual who is an employee of IIT cannot be listed as a consultant.

5. Consultants
UG: Costs of professional and consultant services rendered by persons who are members of a particular profession or possess a special skill, and who are not officers or employees of the non-Federal entity, are allowable, …. when reasonable in relation to the services rendered and when not contingent upon recovery of the costs from the Federal government.
CANNOT be employees of IIT
Consultant costs include their fee, travel reimbursement and reimbursement for other associated expenses. Documentation is required from the consultant.

6. Fringe Benefits * As of June 1, 2017 23% Faculty academic year salary
24.5% Staff
7.90% Faculty summer salary, part-time employees
0% Student stipends
*rates can change – see our website for current rates

7. Equipment
Used for research or technical activities of project and has an acquisition cost of $2,500 or more per item (not $5,000)
UG Equipment means tangible personal property (including information technology systems) having a useful life of more than one year and a per-unit acquisition cost which equals or exceeds the lesser of the capitalization level established by the non-Federal entity for financial statement purposes, or $5,000.

8. Supplies
US Supplies means all tangible personal property other than those described in Equipment. A computing device is a supply if the acquisition cost is less than the lesser of the capitalization level established by the non-Federal entity for financial statement purposes ($2,500) regardless of the length of its useful life.
This must be included in the proposal and approved by the sponsor.

9. Travel
UG Travel costs are the expenses for transportation, lodging, subsistence, and related items incurred by employees who are in travel status on official business of the non-Federal entity. Such costs may be charged on an actual cost basis, on a per diem or mileage basis in lieu of actual costs incurred, or on a combination of the two, provided the method used is applied to an entire trip and not to selected days of the trip, and results in charges consistent with those normally allowed in like circumstances in the non-Federal entity's non-federally-funded activities and in accordance with non-Federal entity's written travel reimbursement policies. Must directly benefit the project
If federally funded, U.S. CARRIER for air travel MUST BE USED. All travel must be included in the proposal and approved by the sponsor.

10. Other Direct Costs Graduate student tuition
(currently $1,470* per credit hour)
*Law, Stuart and Institute of Design have different rates
Publication costs
Service contracts
Animal per diem costs
*subject to change. See current rates here.

11. Subawards (Subcontractor)
US Subaward means an award provided by a pass-through entity to a subrecipient for the subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal award received by the pass-through entity. It does not include payments to a contractor or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a Federal program. A subaward may be provided through any form of legal agreement, including an agreement that the pass-through entity considers a contract.
When a portion of the project takes place at another institution and involves programmatic, fiscal and administrative arrangements at the other institution.
Costs include their direct AND indirect costs.

12. Vendor
UG Contractors. A contract is for the purpose of obtaining goods and services for the non-Federal entity’s own use and creates a procurement relationship with the contractor. See § Contract. Characteristics indicative of a procurement relationship between the non-Federal entity and a contractor are when the non-Federal entity receiving the Federal funds:
Provides the goods and services within normal business operations;
Provides similar goods or services to many different purchasers;
Normally operates in a competitive environment;
Provides goods or services that are ancillary to the operation of the Federal program.

13. Total direct costs less:
Indirect Costs Base
Total direct costs less:
Equipment
Tuition
Subcontracts in excess of $25,000 (i.e., indirect costs are charged only on the first $25,000 of each subcontract)
Participant support costs
Rental costs of off-site facilities

14. Indirect Costs* 53% on-campus research
34% on-campus, non-research (i.e., education)
24% off-campus research and non-research
24% Moffett non-FDA programs
11.0% Moffett FDA programs
60% on-campus industry supported
30% off-campus industry supported
8% IPRO projects
NOTE: Indirect costs are not waived on federal projects.
Indirect costs are subject to change. See the website for more information and detailed information.

15. Completed proposals must be in OSRP at least two business days prior to the deadline to guarantee submission. See our website for additional information.

16. Q&A Let us know how we can help you! The Staff of the
Office of Sponsored Research and Programs
IIT Tower, Suite 7D7-1
Phone: (312)
Fax: (312)