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Rates
Federal Research Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Rates
Uniform Guidance Fixed Rate Requirements
F&A Methodology
F&A Components
MIT Use of a de minimis Rate
Fund Account Overhead Rates
Allocation Rates
Determination of On-Campus and Off-Campus Rates
Employee Benefits (EB) Rates
Vacation Accrual Rates
Graduate Research Assistant Tuition Subsidy Rates
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What Is Allowable/Eligible Cost Sharing?
MIT’s Preferred Cost Sharing Funds
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