Office of Grant and Contract Administration (OGCA) 
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Campus

Fact Sheet

Additional Proposal Preparation Help

University's Legal Name:

The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a State University Within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Established Under Chapter 75 as Amended and Chapter 142 of the Acts Of 1991.

University's Address:

c/o Office of Grant and Contract Administration

Research Administration Building, 70 Butterfield Terrace

Amherst, MA 01003-9242

University's Authority to Enter into Contractual Agreements:

• Mass. General Laws Chapter 75 (as amended), Sections 1 and 11.

Authority to Sign Applications and Proposals and Accept Grants and Execute Contracts for Sponsored Programs:

• Carol P. Sprague, Director OR
• Jennifer A. Donais, Associate Director

Authority Contact Information:

• email: OGCA@research.umass.edu
• Phone: (413) 545-0698
• Fax: (413) 545-1202

Political Subdivision:

• 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts, Hampshire County

Cognizant Audit Agency:

DHHS Michael Stanco, HHS Representative, 26 Federal Plaza, Rm. 41-122, New York, NY 10278. Phone (212) 264-1823

Contract Administration Office (DOD and NASA projects):

Office of Naval Research/ONR Draper, 495 Summer Street, Rm. 103, Boston, MA 02210-2109. Phone (617) 753-4640

Indirect Cost Rates:

• Research................................On-campus.......57% MTDC... 7/1/09-6/30/10 (FY10)
• Research...........................................................58% MTDC.... 7/1/10-6/30/11 (FY11)
• Research...........................................................58.5% MTDC 7/1/11-6/30/12 (FY12)
• Research...........................................................59% MTDC.... 7/1/12-6/30/13 (FY13)
• Research................................Off-campus.......26% MTDC.... 7/1/09-6/30/13
• Instruction................................On-campus.......47% MTDC.... 7/1/09-6/30/13
• Instruction................................Off-campus.......26% MTDC.... 7/1/09-6/30/13
• Other Sponsored Activities...On-campus.......34% MTDC.... 7/1/09-6/30/13
• Other Sponsored Activities...Off-campus.......24% MTDC.... 7/1/09-6/30/13

Definitions of Project Types for F&A purposes

Non-Federal Indirect Cost Rates:

• Industry and Non-Mass. Gov't. Agencies..............57% MTDC... 7/1/09-6/30/10 (FY10)
• ...................................................................................58% MTDC... 7/1/10-6/30/11 (FY11)
• ...................................................................................58.5% MTDC 7/1/11-6/30/12 (FY12)
• ...................................................................................59% MTDC... 7/1/12-6/30/13 (FY13)
• Foundations and Non-Profits.................................20% TDC
• Comm. of Mass. and Local Gov't. Agencies.…...26% MTDC
• Unrestricted Grants ($1000 & over)...........….......10% TDC

Definition of an Unrestricted Grant

Benefited Positions / Fringe Rates:

• Fringe 7/1/09 - 6/30/10....... 26.42% + Workers Comp 0.37%, + UI, UHI, MTX 1.38% = 28.17%
• Health and Welfare.............$13.00 weekly = $676 annual
• Sick Leave Bank ................0.20% not assessed on Faculty Salaries


• Fringe Benefits applicable to direct salaries and wages are treated as direct costs. These rates are identified in the Massachusetts Statewide Cost Allocation Plan approved by DHHS. This rate is comprised of Group Insurance and Retirement. The combined rate must be applied to all benefited personnel on any awards.


• Health and Welfare Fund (H & W) for all benefited positions is $13.00 per week ($676 annual FTE (prorate on part-time positions). However, as with the fringe benefit rate, for split-funded personnel the H & W must be charged to each account on a prorated basis.

Non-Benefited Positions:

• Workers Comp, UI, UHI, MTX .......................................1.75%

Post Doctoral Fellows:

• Workers Compensation, UI, UHI, MTX .........................1.75%

• Health Insurance..........................Fellow only......................$221/mo. .................................................$2,652/annual

• ......................................................Spouse........................$550/mo. + $221 for fellow .......................$9,252/annual
• ......................................................Child(ren).....................$396/mo. + $221 for fellow ...................... $7,404/annual
• .........................................................+$550 for spouse if applicable) ................................................$14,004/annual

Faculty Summer Salary:

• Workers Compensation, UI, UHI, MTX .........................1.75%

Faculty Academic Release Time: (see Benefited Positions)

Faculty AD Comp: Not Allowable in Most Cases - Refer to:

Additional Compensation Memo by Andrew P. Mangels, Controller

Students:

Student Summer Payroll:

• ALL STUDENTS (excluding post-doc and fellows) employed for the summer and not enrolled in classes is to be assessed 1.38% UI, UHI, MTX on the summer salary.

Graduate Students:

Stipend - See the Assistantship Information Link for up to date Minimum RA salary rates by academic area, per student Contracts.

Graduate Student Fringe and Curriculum Fee Calculator - Enter number of weeks/hours worked academic/summer, and stipend; get back fringe and curriculum fee costs for student(s) for that budget period.

Health and Welfare - $13/wk. must be assessed to all Graduate Student appointments

Curriculum Fee - The rate charged effective 9/1/09, is $7,098.40 per FTE on a single account. An FTE is equal to 760 hours or more of employment for the year, or $186.80 per week for 20 hours of work. Appointments less than the 760 FTE shall use the rate of $9.34 per hour to assess the rate. Each additional year should be inflated by 5% COLA. ( FY 11 $7,453.32, FY 12 $7,825.99, FY 13 $8,217.29) unless notified of other rate increase) Summer appointments will not be charged curriculum fees. Curriculum fees are exempt from indirect costs calculations.  Projects that are currently in non-competing status will be grandfathered at their current rate until a competitive application or a supplement that was not in the original scope of a project is submitted. 

GEO Health Deferment Rate - The rate is $3,268.00 for an academic year appointment of 760 hours. An hourly rate of $4.30 will be assessed as earned.  Therefore, for an appointment of 20 hours per week for 38 weeks (academic) and 40 hours per week for 14 weeks (summer), would total $5,676.00 An appointment that is 20 hours per week both summer and academic year (1,040 hours) would be assessed $4,472.00.

Tuition Waivers:

Cost Sharing of tuition waivers for proposals, if allowable under federal Cost Accounting Standards (see http://www.umass.edu/research/ora/pol.html), should use the blended rate of $2,705.50 per RA semester. 

Miscellaneous Pertinent Information:

• Federal EIN #: 043-167-352 (as of 10/15/92) for University system (5-campuses)
• ......................…043-167-352B5 (HHS proposals ONLY)
• State Vendor Code: VC6000178133 [AD001]
• IRS Clarification as Section 501(c) (1): Determination letter dated October 20,1972
• Federal Supply Code / CAGE Code: 1KVP4 NSF-UM/Amherst Institution Code: 0022210000 DUNS Number / CCR #: 153926712 Std. Industrial Classification (SIC): 8733 Institution Human Subject Assurance Ident. # FWA00003909
• Institution Animal Welfare Assurance Identification: # A3551-01
• Approximate # Employees (excluding students): 7,842
• Approximate # student enrollment: 22,445


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