Research Policy & Indirect Cost

Our group is divided into three sections:

Effort Reporting

We are the Sponsored Projects Finance department responsible for coordinating compliance with the Federal regulations, including the annual certification of salary and reviewing requests for retroactive salary cost transfers.

Indirect Cost

We are responsible for the development and negotiation of the University’s F&A and Fringe Benefit rates.

Read about Government Grants/Contracts Fringe and F&A Rates

Read the Colleges and University Rate Agreement for CU

Equipment Inventory

We oversee inventory tagging and other functions related to certain aspects of property management. For more information, contact equipment@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-7160.

For more information, contact:

Richard Ruttenberg, Associate Controller
Carl Sparano, Director, Indirect Cost

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Research Policy and Indirect Cost

Columbia University
615 West 131st Street, 4th Floor-Studebaker Bldg
New York, NY 10027

EMAIL THE ASSOCIATE CONTROLLER