Facilities and Administrative Rates


Facilities and Administrative (F&A) rates are used to recover costs spent on sponsored activities that cannot be directly attributed to a particular project. These are often called indirect costs. The Cost Studies group calculates, proposes, and negotiates F&A rates with the federal government (Department of Health and Human Services). This process is generally done on a four-year cycle at Emory.

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University Rates

FYOrganized ResearchOther Sponsored ActivityInstructionIPA
OnOffAdjOnOffAdjOnOffAdjOff
FY2556.5%*26.0%*28.2%*40.5%*26.0%*27.8%*56.0%*26.0%*38.0%*18.5%*
FY2456.5%26.0%28.2%40.5%26.0%27.8%56.0%26.0%38.0%18.5%
FY2356.5%26.0%28.2%40.5%26.0%27.8%56.0%26.0%38.0%18.5%
FY2256.5%26.0%28.2%40.5%26.0%27.8%56.0%26.0%38.0%18.5%
FY2156.0%26.0%28.2%40.5%26.0%27.8%55.0%26.0%38.0%18.5%
FY16-FY2056.0%26.0%28.2%39.0%26.0%27.8%55.0%26.0%37.5%N/A
FY13-FY1556.0%26.0%28.2%39.0%26.0%27.8%55.0%26.0%37.5%N/A
FY09-FY1255.0%26.0%29.1%36.3%25.5%26.5%52.0%26.0%38.7%N/A
FY 200854.5%26.0%29.1%36.3%25.5%26.5%52.0%26.0%38.7%N/A
FY 200753.0%26.0%29.1%42.9%26.0%27.8%54.9%26.0%40.4%N/A

*These are provisional rates for budgeting purposes only and the actual rates used may vary slightly.

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