Research Enrichment Program

• The department, center, or institute must have a unit # (i.e. normally called a department #)

• Dollars in the proposed grant budget, as well as substantive resources to be provided by a unit, should guide determination of the enrichment split between units, so that expenses can be documented and tracked. Substantive resources may include:
  • Physical space where lab personnel perform the project, which will most often be reflected in supply expenditures in that space, but may not necessarily correspond to the primary appointment of the unit of the personnel (MOUs may be required if one unit is heavily responsible for facilities)
  • Faculty (does not include cost shared salaries above agency caps), staff or student effort to participate in the project, including provision of administrative support
  • Equipment (so that F&As may be used for upgrades and service contracts)
• Recharge Service Centers should not be eligible for Enrichment  

• Enrichment splits may be calculated by three possible methods, which must be agreed upon before grant submission:

  • Based on the total modified direct cost (all personnel + expenses) per unit
  • Based on total % effort (all personnel) + expenses per unit
  • If participating units prefer different methods of computing enrichment splits (i.e. 1 prefers total modified direct cost whereas the other prefers to use effort) then the units must each compromise by using the average of cost and effort (to calculate the total personnel contributions) + expenses per unit.
• For collaborative grants receiving 16% F&As, the enrichment split for any individual participating unit should not be limited to 10%; the split should be determined by one of the above calculations.
• It is the responsibility of co-investigators, chairs/directors and deans to agree upon the distribution and to complete and sign the eIAF at the time of proposal submission.
• The enrichment split can be revised at any time as long as all parties agree upon the distribution and submit a new eIAF.
• The additional 2% return to the academic department of the PI is independent of the calculations for the 16% enrichment split.

Effective August 1, 2023, there will be a change to enrichment return of facilities and administrative (F&A) costs for grants that meet the definition of “complex,” as defined within the Complex Grant Program of the Research Leadership Academy (RLA). Our current enrichment program returns up to 16% of recovered F&A on grant expenditures for grants that involve multiple units. On the eIAF, enrichment split distribution is then defined as a percentage (of the 16%) that is distributed to participating units. Complex grants that are managed by the RLA Complex Grant Program will be eligible for return of 16% F&A and have an enrichment split distribution of 50% to the Program Director of the grant, with the remaining 50% enrichment distributed through the normal process for participating entities. This change will serve as institutional support from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) to Complex Grant Program Directors and can be incorporated into OVPR letters of institutional support. In completing the eIAF enrichment distribution, please assign Department #40112 for 50% enrichment which will be assigned to the Program Director of the Grant. This change applies only to the 16% enrichment program; the enrichment program returning 2% of recovered F&A to the primary unit of the PI(s) is unaffected.