Using multiple funding sources in the institute can create complexities as different funding sources may have “strings attached” and create conflicting obligations. Knowing your funding strategy in advance is important so that the institute can be organized in a manner to avoid conflicting obligations.
The IDC is intended to cover conventional research contracts and grants, and covers only the basic costs of negotiation by IPIRA staff, award and subaward management by IPIRA’s IAO, Phoebe processing, accounting and invoicing by Contracts and Grants Accounting (CGA), and basic pre/post award and HR support by Berkeley Regional Services (BRS). Due to the complexity, scale and scope of an institute, the Executive Director should build additional support for staffing (central campus and institute) into the institute budget as direct costs.
Operational and administrative costs can be budgeted at the rate for other sponsored actvities.
Additional administrative costs typically arise in the following cases: