Award amounts are provided in total costs. The maximum award amount includes both direct and indirect costs (if applicable). Applicants should ensure that their total project budget, including combined direct and indirect costs, does not exceed the maximum award amount.
Applicant institutions must use a rate no higher than the approved, federally recognized indirect cost rate negotiated between the applicant institution and the federal government. ITHS would like to maximize funds to directly support the investigator’s research and encourages investigators to work with their Office of Sponsored Programs to obtain a waiver to reduce indirect costs on the project. Indirect costs are waived for applicants from the University of Washington as this is an internal grant. University of Washington applicants should therefore not include indirect costs in their proposed budgets.
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Seattle Children’s have agreed to consider requests for indirect cost waivers for ITHS pilot awards from their faculty.
- ITHS members whose research program is based at Fred Hutch who wish to apply for ITHS pilot awards are required to go through the Fred Hutch standard institutional procedure for requesting a waiver of facilities and administrative (F&A) costs.
- ITHS members whose research program is based at Seattle Children’s who wish to apply for ITHS pilot awards are required to go through the Seattle Children’s standard institutional procedure for requesting a waiver of F&A costs.