Costing
Overview
The Costing Team provides analytical and cost accounting expertise to the management of 桃色视频's research enterprise. The Costing Team establishes and oversees conformance with University policy, procedure, and practice in matters relating to cost accounting for sponsored programs.
Specific areas of focus include:
- The University's Facilities & Administrative (F&A) rate.
- OMB Uniform Guidance Cost Principles, including allowability of costs on sponsored programs and distinctions between direct and indirect costs.
- Recharge/Service centers, particularly the rate setting and approval process.
- The functional classification of accounts and space (NUFinancials Class codes and Space Information Management System (SIMS) activity codes, respectively).
- Ad hoc analysis and reporting on sponsored program data, including direct and indirect expenditures, salary & effort, space, and relationships between them.
Resources
Contact Information
Questions about cost studies? Contact Pooja Thakkar, Director, Costing Manager, ASRSP, at 847-491-2544 or pooja-thakkar@northwestern.edu