Issue 85: 06/19/24

FY 24/25 GRAD STUDENT FRINGE BENEFIT RATES ARE NOW IN KR

FY 24/25 fringe benefit rates for graduate students have been updated in Kuali Research. This is the second phase for updating fringe benefit rates for FY24/25 and follows the faculty, academic staff, and regular staff rates that were updated in early May.

To sync the rates in your KR budget, we recommend that you click the Sync All Rates button at the top of the Rates option.

NEW COLUMNS IN THE BUDGET TABLE IN PD

Three new columns have been added to the Budgets table that displays when you click on the Budget option in Proposal Development (PD) documents. The columns are:

• F&A Rate – displays the Applicable Rate that was entered in the Rates/Research F&A column of the budget.
• F&A Rate Type – displays the F&A Rate Type that was selected in the Budget Settings for the budget.
• Total Cost Sharing – displays the cost share amount that was manually entered (for summary budgets) or system calculated (for detailed budgets). Reminder – only required cost share should be entered in the KR Budget Module. Voluntary Cost share should be described in the Supplemental Information option of the PD.

Please verify that the information is accurate for the budget version that is marked to Include for Submission. This applies to both detailed and summary budgets in KR. If the information is incorrect, OSP/BC will request the information be corrected prior to approval. This information needs to be correct for proposal reviewers, reporting, and downstream impacts at the award stage.

ERA COMMONS USER IDs

For proposals submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), eRA Commons User IDs can only be added to Kuali Research for people with an MSU appointment. The KR Helpdesk is not able to add eRA Commons User IDs to the Address Book record for non-employees.

HFH ANNUAL COI DISCLOSURE DATES ADDED TO KR

Annual Conflict of Interest Disclosures (COI) for Henry Ford Health (HFH) employees that have a MSU no-pay appointment are being completed in the Henry Ford Health COI system, rather than MSU's system. On June 25th the date that the Annual Disclosure was completed in HFH's system will be added to the COI Disclosure Information table in the Proposal Development, Institutional Proposal and Award modules of Kuali Research.

Note: HFH employees with an MSU appointment complete their Project Based COI disclosure in the MSU COI system and those dates are included in the Project Based Disclosure Status column of the COI Disclosure Information table.