Fact Sheets

University of Central Florida Frequently Used Facts for Proposal Submission

• General Information about UCF
• Specialized UCF Facts
• Rates

General Information about UCF

Specialized UCF Facts

Rates

Escalation Rates
(Effective August each year)
Salary - 3% each subsequent year
If Human Resources has published the exact salary increase before effective date, you may       use this percentage. However, for all subsequent years, please use 3%.
Tuition - 5% (optional)
Travel - 10% (optional)

Fringe Benefits
Current Fringe Benefit rates are available in Adobe pdf at: http://www.research.ucf.edu/SponsoredPrograms/Proposal/forms/FringeRates.pdf

UCF Fringe Benefit Rates
These rates are ESTIMATES for contract and grant proposals only. ACTUAL fringe costs are charged to each contract or grant based on the individual employee's actual fringe benefits costs. Effective November 1, 2006.

Travel: Travel Manual [PDF Version]

Domestic Subsistence -- $36 per day
Maximum Rental Vehicle -- $37 per day (in-state); $58 per day (out-of-state)
Mileage Reimbursement -- $0.445 per mile
Foreign Travel Rates can be found at: http://www.state.gov/m/a/als/prdm/c20434.htm.
The above maximum rental rates include maximum surcharge.
Whenever feasible, please use Avis when renting vehicles. Refer to the travel manual for specifics.

Day Travel
When a day trip is planned, a day trip is defined as a trip that is completed in one day similar to a workday; no meals will be reimbursed.

Tuition
The current undergraduate student rates and graduate student rates are available at http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~irps/character/current_tuition.html or by clicking the Current Tuition Rates Adobe pdf file.

Facilities and Administrative Costs (F&A) (formerly indirect costs or overhead)*
F&A rates are available in Adobe pdf format at: http://www.research.ucf.edu/SponsoredPrograms/Proposal/forms/F&A.pdf

*F&A costs (formerly indirect costs or overhead) may be limited by sponsoring agencies. Please review agency guidelines for restrictions.

F&A (formerly indirect costs) Rate
Quick Fact Sheet

Facilities and Administrative Costs (F&A) (formerly called overhead/indirect costs) and Fringe Benefit rates must be applied fairly and equitably on all proposals regardless if submitting to a federal, state, local, foundation, educational, professional, and/or private agency.

The following rates apply within their respective time frames and are applicable to UCF on-campus research, off-campus research, and FSEC on-campus research activities:

UCF General F&A Rates

On-Campus organized research: 07/01/2007 - 06/30/2008. Please apply the rate of 42%.
On-Campus organized research: 07/01/2008 - 06/30/2009. Please apply the rate of 44%.
On-Campus organized research: 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2010. Please apply the rate of 45%.

Off-Campus research: Please apply 26%. Please note that off-campus research is defined as a research project that is conducted the majority of the time off-campus with no or limited commitment of UCF owned or managed resources other than personnel. Please consult with the proposal administrator assigned to your area as this will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

A project cannot consist of both an on-campus and off-campus rate.

For additional F&A rates, please see the F&A rate agreement which can be accessed above in PDF. If you are unsure which F&A rate applies, please consult with your proposal administrator for your assigned area.

All above rates are applied to the total direct costs on a modified basis. Modified means that F&A will not be charged on equipment that costs $1,000 or more per unit, that portion of a subcontract in excess of the first $25K for each subcontract regardless of the number of years of support, patient care costs, rental/ maintenance of off-site activities, student tuition, and student support costs.

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