Major Federal Grants Sponsor and how they treat Program Income. For treatment of Program Income on Federal Contracts and State of California, please contact OSR Contract Officers. Program Income not mentioned in FAR  http://www.arnet.gov/far/loadmainre.html for Federal Contracts.

 

Sponsor

How treated

NIH

Expanded Authorities - may use the additional costs alternative for the use of general program income unless regulations or the NGA specify another alternative or a combination of alternatives.

http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/policy/gps/8postnew.htm#special

http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/policy/gps/8postnew.htm#general

 

Non-Expanded Authorities under Research Grants - The first $25,000 of program income is to be used in accordance with the Additional Costs Alternative and shall be reported on lines 10r and 10s of the FSR (Long Form). Amounts in excess of $25,000 are to be used in accordance with the Deduction Alternative, unless another alternative is specified on the NGA, and shall be reported on lines 10c and 10q of the FSR (Long Form). See website below for more detail.

http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/policy/gps/8postnew.htm#grants

 

NSF

Standard Treatment-Unless otherwise specified in the grant, program income received or accruing to the grantee during the period of the grant is to be retained by the grantee, added to the funds committed to the project by NSF, and thus used to further project objectives.

See section 750 of website below for more detail.

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02151/gpm02_151.pdf

 

NASA

Treatment of program income not specified but circular A-110 is included in the grants terms and conditions.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/ogc/iss/17coop_edu.html

 

ONR

Treatment of program income not specified but circular A-110 is included in the grants terms and conditions. See websites below for more detail.

http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/docs/basicgrant_01.pdf

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a110/a110.html#24

 

Air Force

Unless the agency-specific requirements of the award specify otherwise the additive method shall be used for dispose of program income.  See general terms and conditions on website below for detail.

http://www.afosr.af.mil/pages/afrtad06.htm

 

DARPA

Program income earned during the project period shall be retained by the Grantee and shall be deducted from the total project or program allowable cost in determining the net allowable cost on which the Government's share of costs is based. See section 8 of website below for more detail.

http://www.darpa.mil/cmo/pdfs/ExhibitA_GRANTS_October2001.pdf

 

Dept. of Energy

None specified. However, circular A-110 was included in the terms and conditions.

http://www.er.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html#GrantRules

 

Education grants

In keeping with the current government wide policy of reducing unnecessary regulatory and administrative burdens on grantees, all grantees may automatically

exercise any combination of the various options for using program income.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCFO/grants/gposbul/gpos7.html