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Institutional Information for Proposals

Legal Applicant/Grantee/Contractor Name
            University of Northern Iowa

Official Applicant/Grantee/Contractor Address
            Office of Sponsored Programs
            213 East Bartlett Hall
            Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0394

 Type of Organization
           
State Supported Institution of Higher Education

 U.S. Congressional District
            1st Iowa

 IRS Tax Status
           
Exempt ( A copy of UNI's IRS tax status letter can be obtained from the Office of Sponsored             Sponsored Programs. In the future, it will be made available on the OSP website.)
            UNI’s IRS tax status letter

 Common Numbers:

  • Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) No.:                       42-6004333

  • Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) No.:                                                         07-313-2623

  • Human Subjects Assurance No.:                                                         00002159

  • Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code:                          ØFV12

  • DHHS Entity ID No.:                                                                                 1-426004333-A1

  • Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE) Code:          001869

  • NIH Institutional Profile No.:                                                                   8049001

  • J-1 Visa Designation Number:                                                              P-1-01582

  • NCES ID/IPEDS ID:                                                                                 154095

 Authorized Institutional Representative (Primary Signing Official of All Formal Proposal/Awards):
            Edward M. Ebert
            Grants and Contracts Administrator
            Office of Sponsored Programs
            213 East Bartlett Hall
            Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0394
            Phone: 319-273-3217
            Fax: 319-273-2634
            Email: edward.ebert@uni.edu 

If the Primary Signing Official is going to be absent (or is absent) on the day of your submission appointment, an Alternate Signing Official in the Office of Sponsored Programs will assist in your submission.   

Indirect Costs (Facility & Administrative) Rates:

    • On-Campus Programs: 32.3% of Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC). 

    • Off-Campus Programs: 13.5% of Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC). 


MTDC is equal to Total Direct Costs excluding capital expenditures for the

construction and renovation of buildings, equipment with a unit cost or

$5,000 or more, the portion of subawards greater than $25,000 each,

Graduate Assistant tuition, and payments to or on behalf of program parti-

cipants as an incentive for receiving training and instruction.

 
NOTES:

1. Date of current Rate Agreement is August 28, 2006.  All rates are effective

July 1, 2005 -- June 30, 2009. Effective September 1, 2009, all rates are

“Provisional”, until amended.

 

2.  Off-Campus rate is applied to sponsored projects where more than 50% of

UNI personnel effort is substantially performed in a facility not owned by the

university AND to which rent is directly allocated to sponsor funds.

 

3. The University’s federally negotiated indirect cost rates should be applied to

ALL sponsored projects regardless of the type of funding agency or source

of funds.  In limited circumstances, a reduction or waiver of indirect costs

may be available but must be approved in advance by the UNI Grants and

Contracts Administrator. 

 

4.  UNI’s current federal indirect costs rate agreement can be viewed and printed

from the Office of Sponsored Programs web site: www.uni.edu/osp.

 Fringe Benefit Rates:
            http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/obo/fringe_benefit_rates.shtml 

Commonly Used Rates:

Unit Faculty Salary, Full Eligibility (regular full-time faculty, academic yr)

Unit Faculty Summer Appt (regular faculty, summer 2007)

P & S Salaried

Grad Assistants & Student workers – no fringe benefits

 

2007-2008 Graduate Assistant Stipends:

Geography students  $10,752

Biology students   $16,136

Environmental Science students   $16,128 (12 month appointment)

                All other Master's students $8,068
                All Doctoral students   $12,096
 

2007-2008 Graduate in-state Tuition: 

            http://www.uni.edu/infosys/tuition/

 

Mileage Reimbursement Rate:

            http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/obo/accounts_payable/tguide.shtml#automobile

 

Meal Reimbursement Rates:

            http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/obo/accounts_payable/tguide.shtml#meals

 

See link to other current Travel Policy and Reimbursement Guidelines:

            http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/obo/accounts_payable/tguide.shtml

 

 

 

 

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