{"id":643,"date":"2016-05-31T09:56:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T13:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/curo\/?page_id=643"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:30:54","slug":"indirect-costs-of-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/indirect-costs-of-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Indirect Costs of Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Indirect Costs of Research\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"considering-indirect-costs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Considering Indirect Costs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Research requires both direct and indirect investments. Operational maintenance of research infrastructure requires reinvestment on a significant scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indirect costs support many institutional functions of the University, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Space and utilities (electricity, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning, as well as plans for and finances new research spaces)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core facilities (janitorial services, Facilities and Management Planning, Computing &amp; Communication Services, hazardous waste disposal, campus security and health services)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Library services (acquisitions, maintenance costs, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research financial services (personnel, financial management utilities, like FAST, Banner, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research compliance and regulatory requirements (Research Compliance Office, Animal Care Facility)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Payroll<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Office of the Vice-President (Research, Innovation and International) (Research Office personnel, cuResearch, research development funding, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Occupational safety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liability insurance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laboratory\/office furniture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These indirect costs must be included in budget requests to external sponsors of research. Carleton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/secretariat\/wp-content\/uploads\/Indirect-Costs-of-Research-Policy-1.pdf\">Indirect Costs Policy<\/a> states that indirect costs will be recovered as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Funding Type <\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Rate Applied <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Contracts, agreements and grants (charitable, government or industry)<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Includes cash contributions made as part of matching programs (except for NSERC Alliance applications, which are currently exempt from overheads on the industry contribution).<\/em><\/p><\/td><td>Maximum allowable by sponsor or 20% when no sponsor policy exists<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Public Works and Government Services Canada<\/td><td>Sponsor procurement policy: 65% on direct salaries and benefits, including fringe benefits; 2% on travel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Service agreements<\/td><td>20%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"how-are-indirect-costs-distributed-at-carleton\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How are indirect costs distributed at Carleton?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Indirect costs are distributed as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><br><div>40% &#8211; Central university operating<\/div><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><br><div>15% &#8211; Office of the Vice-President (Research and International)<\/div><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><br><div>15% &#8211; Faculty (for cross-faculty CURCs* this amount is split equally between the Faculties)<\/div><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><br><div>15% &#8211; Department or School (based on the principal investigator\u2019s appointment)<\/div><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><br><div>15% &#8211; Principal Investigator\u2013Researcher (for non-CURC* projects) OR CURC* (for CURC* projects)<\/div><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering Indirect Costs Research requires both direct and indirect investments. 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