Cost Share
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Overview
Cost sharing (matching) occurs when a portion of the cost for a sponsored project is borne by UW–Madison, rather than by the sponsor.
UW–Madison Cost Sharing Guidelines
It is UW–Madison’s policy to minimize cost share, because of the programmatic, administrative and financial impacts that cost sharing has on the university.
Impacts of cost-sharing commitments include:
- Reducing the flexibility PIs have to conduct other research, when their effort is pledged to specific projects
- Increasing the requirements for documenting commitments and expenditures
- Decreasing the university’s recovery of F&A (indirect) costs
SMPH Cost Sharing Guidelines
Payrolling key personnel on the grant is the preferred method to indicate and document effort on new projects.