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  • Salary Certification
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  • Facilities & Administrative Cost Rates
    • Applying F&A Cost Rates
    • How to Use F&A Rates
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How to Use F&A Rates

Answer the questions in this walkthrough to determine which Facilities & Administrative (F&A) Cost Rates to use for your budget.

Faculty sabbatical salary and costs such as travel directly related to the sabbatical are considered “off-campus” regardless of the rest of the project.
Off-campus activity is sponsored work that requires an absence from a Cornell campus for a continuous period of at least fourteen days, with neither the use of, nor access to, nor the aid of campus or other university-owned or operated property. By itself, occasional use of facilities away from campus will not lead to the project being designated as off-campus.
Salary is all compensation paid through the Cornell payroll system, not including graduate tuition or payments made by sub-awardees.

Use the on-campus F&A rate and submit your proposal to the Office of Sponsored Programs or the college for review.

Facilities & Administrative Cost Rates

Use the off-campus F&A rate and submit your proposal to the Office of Sponsored Programs or the college for review.

Facilities & Administrative Cost Rates

Use the off-campus F&A rate for the entire project and submit your proposal to the Office of Sponsored Programs or the college for review.

Facilities & Administrative Cost Rates

Use both rates (on- and off-campus) on the respective portions of the budget proposal and submit it to OSP or the college for review.

Facilities & Administrative Cost Rates

Use both rates (on- and off-campus) on the respective portions of the budget proposal and submit it to OSP or the college for review.

Facilities & Administrative Cost Rates

Use the on-campus F&A rates for the entire project and submit your proposal to the Office of Sponsored Programs or the college for review.

Facilities & Administrative Cost Rates

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