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Indirect Cost Waivers/Reductions are required when, for any reason other than sponsor requirements, a Principal Investigator (PI) would like to request less than full indirect costs in the budget. SeeÌý²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s Waivers and Reductions Policy StatementÌýfor details.ÌýWhen the sponsor is a U.S. government entity, non-profit organization, or a for profit entity flowing through U.S. government agency funds and the cap on Indirect Costs is published, no Waiver/Reduction request is necessary. Instead, the IDC Addendum will be used to document the situation and the approval from the head of the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä unit and ADR acknowledging the loss of indirect costs (F&A) for the unit.

Indirect Cost Waivers are very rarely grantedÌýgiven the importance of indirect costs to ²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s overall operations.ÌýThe following is a list of types of sponsors for which Waiver/Reduction requests are not eligible for consideration:

• Proposals to/projects with Federal sponsors (Direct or Prime Sponsor)
• Proposals to/projects with an office within the Colorado State Government
• Proposals to/projects with a foreign entity
• Outgoing subawards which are the result of incoming transfers

In rare cases, waiver/reduction requests for proposals to/projects with industry or corporate sponsors may be granted. The standard process for a waiver/reduction request is to be followed.

For details on the treatment of indirect costs (F&A) on the transfer of existing subawards, see IDC on the Transfer of Existing Subawards Procedural Statement.

Indirect Cost Waiver/Reduction requests to non-Federal, non-corporate entities will be considered only if submitted to your unit’s OCG Proposal Analyst a minimum of 10 business days ahead of the published submission deadline.

Your Proposal AnalystÌýcan help answer any questions you may have on this topic.