Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)  

GENERAL

What is our FICE CODE number?
            003631

What is our TEA County/District Number?
            072-501

What is our Employer Identification Number (EIN)?
           75 - 6001870

What is our DUNS number?
           073161697

What is a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number?
           This number is a standard identifier assigned to each Federal grant RFP.  It should be among the first information presented in the RFP.

What type of applicant is Tarleton?
           Tarleton is a public college or university. We are not a land-grant institution.

What Congressional District is Tarleton In?
           31 (John Carter; Stephenville)
           Additional districts are:
                        17 (Chet Edwards; Granbury, Glen Rose, Waco)
                        12 (Kay Granger, Weatherford)
           Our state senators are John Comyn and Kay Bailey Hutcheson

Who is the Chief Institutional Representative?
           The President of the Institution, Dr. Dennis McCabe

Who approves NSF Fastlane application submissions?
            Dr. Bert Little, Office of Sponsored Projects, ext. 9463

Who is the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) for grants.gov submissions?
           Ann Pawlak, Office of Sponsored Projects, ext. 9588

MONEY MATTERS

Fringe Benefit Rates

Fringe benefit rates depend on several factors including whether the person is full time and whether the grant will be paying fringe benefits for the entire academic year or just during the summer.

It is best to discuss Fringe Benefit rates with Business Services when you are developing a budget, especially if your project extends over several years and future year fringe benefit costs will have to be estimated.

Indirect Costs

What are indirect costs and why are they important?

Indirect costs also are called overhead. Grant budgets usually do not specifically cover Tarleton’s costs for things like the salaries of people involved in project-related accounting, purchasing, and payroll as well as the cost of project-related long distance telephone calls, faculty travel, and copying. Therefore, the recovery of indirect costs is important.

What is the current negotiated TAMUS indirect cost rate?

56% of salaries and wages

Note: several grantors now have fixed indirect cost rates and in a few cases no indirect costs at all. In these situations, the principal investigator, department chair, etc., must decide whether overhead can be absorbed by the department, division, college, etc., so Tarleton can afford to accept the grant.

What is the campus distribution rate of indirect costs?

20% to the principal investigator; 15% to the principal investigator’s department; 5% to the principal investigator’s dean; and 60% to Finance and Administration.

Tax –Exempt Status

For written confirmation that Tarleton is a Chapter 501(3)c entity, contact DeAnna Powell (x. 9431) in the Business Services office or Ann Pawlak in the Office of Spsonsored Projects (x. 9588).

DEMOGRAPHICS

The Office of Planning, Evaluation and Institutional Research can provide information including but not limited to:

            -Racial/ethnic makeup of our student body
            -Racial/ethnic makeup of our faculty
            -Number of majors in specific disciplines
            -Attrition and graduation rates

For information about the gender/ethnicity of the university's governing board, ask the Office of Sponsored Projects or the President's Office.