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UCF Matching Funds for Federal Agencies (MFFA) Form -
(Excel
Version)
Program Goal: To assist faculty in obtaining federal funds to support their research and scholarly activities.
Deadline: This program will remain open until the maximum commitment level is reached.
Standard Policy for Matching Funds for Federal Agencies (MFFA).
Intent:
The fund is available to provide matching support to enhance the competitiveness
of proposals submitted to Federal agencies that will undergo a competitive review
and selection process. It is not intended to supplement continuation, renewals
or new awards that UCF would have a high likelihood of receiving due to an established
funding relationship.
Eligibility:
Proposals submitted to Federal Agencies for competitive review (Post-award requests are not eligible).
Special Note: Proposals submitted to the National Science
Foundation (NSF) do not allow voluntary cost share to be
placed on line M of the NSF budget page nor in the budget
justification. The reason is because NSF views cost share
as an eligibility criteria rather than a merit or review
criteria. Please see the revised NSF policy on cost sharing
(Importance Notice 128, Revision of the NSF Cost Sharing Policy)
on the NSF website. All questions can be
directed to costsharing@nsf.gov.
Local Federal agencies that provide ongoing support would not be eligible. In
addition, awards that are flowed down from the Federal government by the state
of Florida or another university/sponsor through a subcontract award mechanism,
is ineligible for this program.
Funding available:
The maximum funding available from the Office of Research & Commercialization
is 12.5 percent of the total F&A (indirect) cost collectable
from the funding agency.
This must be cash matched 1:1 (dollar for dollar) by the College or Department
or Center or Institute or any combination. No academic or calendar year
salary can be used as part of this cash match. Please consult with your administrative
management to determine their policy on providing this level of cash match.
Procedure:
Please
download and complete the MFFA Form prior to proposal
submission. This includes receiving all required departmental
and college level signatures. If this is a multi-interdisciplinary proposal and
each area is requesting MFFA, then each area is required to have a completed
MFFA form.
The
Office of Research & Commercialization will review MFFA requests on a case-by-case
basis at any time before
the proposal is submitted. ORC staff will present requests for the ORC portion
of the match over $50,000 to the
Associate and/or Vice President for Research for specific approval. Approval
will be contingent upon the availability
of funds. If approved, the Office of Research & Commercialization will
provide a maximum of 50% of the
required match.
Please contact Mr. Doug Backman, Associate Director for Contracts & Grants
(407-882-1168 or dbackman@mail.ucf.edu),
Dr. Tom O'Neal, Associate Vice President for Research (882-1120 or oneal@mail.ucf.edu),
or Dr. M.J. Soileau, Vice President for Research (823-5538 or mj@mail.ucf.edu)
if you have any questions regarding the availability of match funding.
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