Fringe Benefit Rates
Fringe benefits must be budgeted in grants for all faculty, A/P staff, civil service employees, postdoctoral fellows, extra-help employees, and retired SIU employees who have salary being charged to the grant. Fringe benefits are not budgeted for graduate assistants or student workers.
The University's Facilities & Administrative (F&A, or indirect) cost rates set by the government have now established all fringe benefit rates—medical (including health, dental, and life insurance) and retirement/Medicare—as a single percentage of salary. This will be the case for the duration of the F&A agreement (7/1/08 through 6/30/12).
For the vast majority of faculty and other personnel receiving fringe benefits, the percentage will be 32% x the employee's total salary on the project. This percentage is being used in the fringe benefits formula on ORDA's budget templates.
For faculty and other personnel making over $200,000, the percentage will be 31%.
If you need further guidance, consult your ORDA project specialist.