34 C.F.R. § 75.562 Indirect cost rates for educational training projects.
Title 34 - Education
(a) Educational training grants provide funding for training or other educational services. Examples of the work supported by training grants are summer institutes, training programs for selected participants, the introduction of new or expanded courses, and similar instructional undertakings that are separately budgeted and accounted for by the sponsoring institution. These grants do not usually support activities involving research, development, and dissemination of new educational materials and methods. Training grants largely implement previously developed materials and methods and require no significant adaptation of techniques or instructional services to fit different circumstances. (b) The Secretary uses the definition in paragraph (a) to determine which grants are educational training grants. (c) Indirect cost reimbursement on a training grant is limited to the recipient's actual indirect costs, as determined by its negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent of a modified total direct cost base, whichever amount is less. For the purposes of this section, a modified total direct cost base is defined as total direct costs less stipends, tuition and related fees, and capital expenditures of $5,000 or more. (1) The eight percent limit also applies to cost-type contracts under grants, if these contracts are for training as defined in this section. (2) The eight percent limit does not apply to agencies of State or local governments, including federally recognized Indian tribal governments, as defined in 34 CFR 80.3. (3) Indirect costs in excess of the eight percent limit may not be charged directly, used to satisfy matching or cost-sharing requirements, or charged to another Federal award. (d) A grantee using the training rate of eight percent is required to have documentation available for audit that shows that its negotiated indirect cost rate is at least eight percent. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e–3 and 3474) [59 FR 59582, Nov. 17, 1994]
Title 34: Education
PART 75—DIRECT GRANT PROGRAMS
Subpart E—What Conditions Must Be Met by a Grantee?
Indirect Cost Rates
§ 75.562 Indirect cost rates for educational training projects.
