Important Application Information

This page provides a one-stop source of information for people involved with research at the Hutchinson Center. If you cannot find the information you seek, please contact the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) at gmail@fhcrc.org.

Last updated October 30, 2009

Official Legal Name

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Institutional Officer or Official

Mark A. Boyer
Director
Office of Sponsored Research (OSR)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
PO Box 19024
Seattle, WA 98109-1024
Phone - (206) 667-4868
Fax - (206) 667-6221
Email- gmail@fhcrc.org 

Frequently Used Information for Sponsored Research

Miscellaneous Information for Sponsored Research

Financial Information

Facilities and Administration Cost Rates (F&A)

DHHS Agreement Date: October 29, 2009 - NEW
Predetermined Rates: Effective Period: July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010

*The off-campus rate may be used when 51% of the activities of a project will be conducted in facilities not owned or leased by the Center. For questions, please contact your OSR specialist.

BASE: Modified total direct costs (MTDC), consisting of all salaries and wages, fringe benefits, materials and supplies, services, travel and subgrants and subcontracts up to $25,000 of each subgrant or subcontract (regardless of the period covered by the subgrant or subcontract).

Modified total direct costs shall exclude equipment, capital expenditures, charges for patient care and tuition remission, long term rental costs of off-site facilities, and fellowships as well as the portion of each subgrant and subcontract in excess of $25,000. (Equipment is defined as an item costing $5,000 or greater. - as of 07/01/09)

Fringe Benefit Rates

All budgets submitted with sponsored research proposals should include funds for fringe benefit coverage. Please use the following percentage rates to calculate the amount requested for salaries, wages and stipends.

For project periods that extend beyond FY 2014, please use the last published rates to calculate fringe benefits for future years in your proposal.

*The Non-Scientific Salaried Vacation Rate should be added to the Salaried Employees Benefit Rate when it is anticipated that the personnel being budgeted for will not take the vacation that is accrued.  The decision to budget vacation for non-scientific salaried employees is left to the discretion of the program.  Please contact your OSR specialist for additional assistance.

Fringe benefits include:
Social Security Tax (FICA)
Retirement Benefits
Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
Flex Credits
Washington State Disability and Unemployment Insurance

If you have any questions about the rates themselves, please contact Dick Pouley, Budgets and Reimbursements Director (x2968).

Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) Submissions

Note: Please route copy of any special instructions/guidelines by the Agency.

Required Approvals/Routing:

All proposals must be internally processed and signed by an authorized OSR official prior to submission to the funding agency.

Please see detailed instructions for internal signature requirements on the Attachment A.
Proposals should be delivered to OSR five to ten business days prior to submittal date.
Grants that are to be submitted electronically must be reviewed and approved by OSR prior to submittal.

See OSR web site for complete Center proposal processing instructions.

Comments and Ideas

If you have comments or ideas to improve this information, please contact OSR at gmail@fhcrc.org.

This page was last modified on October 30.09