Most universities have their negotiated Facilities and Administrative (F&A) rates posted online via their Sponsored Research Office. For example, Harvard charges a 68% indirect rate and Stanford about 58%. The public R1 institutions I’ve done business with charge 40-50%.
This doesn’t paint the whole picture though as sometimes additional overhead costs (eg. healthcare benefits) can be budgeted as Fringe Benefits for personnel working directly on the project. In that situation, the F&A rate would stack on top of those costs.
This doesn’t paint the whole picture though as sometimes additional overhead costs (eg. healthcare benefits) can be budgeted as Fringe Benefits for personnel working directly on the project. In that situation, the F&A rate would stack on top of those costs.