Rates and Policies

Here are the most current and commonly used rates and policies required for many grant application forms or to help prepare an accurate budget or a compliant research plan.

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  • Basic Application Information

    Federal ID# – 54-0505965
    DUNS# – 05-691-5069
    UEI – RL3YF9NM92A3

    Cage Code - 3Y828
    U.S. Congressional District – 4th and 1st 
    Virginia House District – 78th and 58th 
    Virginia Senate District – 14th and 16th
    Authorized Institutional Representative – Laurie F. Melville, Senior Associate Vice-President & Controller

  • Fringe Benefit Rates

    Please see the University’s Fringe Benefit & Indirect Cost Rates, Effective July 1, 2023.

    University of Richmond Rate Agreement.

    (See the University’s policy on the Distribution of the Indirect Costs Recovered.)

  • NSF and NIH Policies

    Official policies for the NSF and NIH are updated annually and can be found on their respective websites.

  • Institutional Biosafety Committee

    The University of Richmond Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) provides guidance to faculty, staff, and students in their research and classroom environments on projects that involve biological materials and potential hazards.

  • Responsible Conduct of Research

    Research Misconduct Policy

    The University of Richmond expects adherence to the highest ethical and moral standards in the conduct of research and scholarly activity by all members of the University community, including faculty, staff and students. Research misconduct is fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, reviewing, or reporting research. Definitions of these and other terms are provided in the University of Richmond’s Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct.

    Under the University of Richmond’s research misconduct policy, the Provost will serve as or designate the “Deciding Official” for allegations of research misconduct. The Provost will also designate the Research Integrity Officer (RIO), who is currently the Director of the Office of Research Compliance and Integrity.

    Responsible Conduct of Research Training

    To minimize the risks of conducting research misconduct, researchers should participate in available training on the responsible conduct of research. This training is available for free to all University faculty members, students and staff. The downloadable training is made available through the University’s subscription to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). Four different RCR courses are available:

    1. Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research Course
    2. Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research Course
    3. Physical Science Responsible Conduct of Research Course
    4. Humanities Responsible Conduct of Research Course.

    The U.S. Office of Research Integrity also provides excellent resources on the responsible conduct of research. Please contact the IRB Chair, Dr. Jeff Hass, if you have any questions on these policies.

  • Conflict of Interest

    The University of Richmond recognizes the need to protect the integrity of research and educational activities, and has adopted a Financial Conflict of Interest for Grant-Funded Research policy document to provide for the appropriate management of actual or potential financial conflicts of interests. This policy also fulfills the requirements of grantee institutions as set forth in the National Institutes of Health’s guidelines, as well as the National Science Foundation’s conflict of interest policies.

    Faculty and staff involved in sponsored research are required to disclose significant financial interests held by themselves or family members using this Financial Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form. They must also complete online training and present certification of successful completion of training prior to applying for funding.

  • Intellectual Property

    The university’s Intellectual Property Policy establishes the procedure for timely identification, commercial development, and protection of faculty- and staff-created works and inventions. The Policy also provides guidelines for individuals who might share in returns that result from works and/or inventions used in a commercial manner.

  • Indirect Costs

    Facilities and administrative (F&A) costs, also known as indirect costs, are awarded to reimburse the University for expenses incurred in support of sponsored research and training activities. It is the University’s policy to recover the full amount of indirect costs allowable by a granting agency, whether public or private.

    The University periodically negotiates a federal F&A reimbursement rate with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The University of Richmond’s current F&A Cost Rate, applied to salaries, wages, and fringe benefits, is 52% on campus and 23% off campus, which is used if more than 50% of a project is performed off campus. Faculty who are preparing proposals should contact the Grants office to verify this rate, which is subject to change.

    Read the policy in full.  

  • Research Incentive Accounts

    The University of Richmond’s policy is to recover the full amount of indirect costs allowable by a granting agency, whether public or private.  In acknowledgement of the effort required to seek and secure external funding, the University elects to return ten percent (10%) of the indirect costs recovered to faculty members who serve as the principal investigator (PI) on grants that include indirect costs through the creation of research incentive accounts. Research incentives are deposited in the faculty development account for Arts & Sciences faculty. For all other faculty, funding goes into their research incentive account.

    To read the policy in full, please see the Research Incentive Accounts Policy.