Institutional Information

The Institutional Information page provides all the institutional information you'll need to prepare your SF424 Grant Application, as well as others. The SF424 Application instructions can be found here.

NOTE: Every Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), whether a Program Announcement (PA), Request for Application (RFA) or Request for Proposals (RFP) has its own, unique application template. To make sure you are using the correct one, select it from the "Grant & Funding" announcement list. All unsolicited or investigator-initiated proposals use the "parent" announcements, found here.

All other open opportunities can be found searching grants.gov. This link allows one to search by the newest opportunities; browse categories; browse agencies or browse eligibility. Another search is available here.

The Research Foundation for SUNY is a registered institution and is eligible to apply for all of these funding opportunities. There is no need for you, as the PI, to register.

Institution's Legal Name	The Research Foundation for The State University of New York,
Division	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Address	P.O. Box 9 Albany, New York 12201-0009
Name of Individual to be Notified if award is made	Sharon L. Sealy, Executive Director Office of Research Administration SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University 450 Clarkson Avenue BSB 2-71E, Mail Code 78 Brooklyn, NY 11203-2012 grants-office@downstate.edu (718) 270-1303
Authorized Officials	Sharon L. Sealy, Executive Director, Office of Research Administration Laurian Bradford, Director, Sponsored Programs Administration Nicole Whetstine, Assistant Director, Sponsored Programs Administration Megan Elmendorf, Sponsored Programs Administrator Marcy Adams, Sponsored Programs Administrator grants-office@downstate.edu
Authorized Official: LRP	Sharon L. Sealy, Executive Director, Office of Research Administration Laurian Bradford, Director, Sponsored Programs Administration
Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS)	040796328000
UEI Number	NJ14V2NZYM68
Employer Identification Number	NIH = 1-141368361-A1 All Others = 14-1368361
Congressional District	NY-009
NYS Senate District	20
NYS Assembly District	43
NYS Congressional District	9
Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Codes	3G4W9
Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE) Institution Code	002839
Cognizant Agency	Mr. Darryl W. Mayes Deputy Director, Cost Allocation Services Department of Health and Human Services 26 Federal Plaza Room 41-122 New York, NY 10278 (212) 264-2069
Cost Accounting Standards Board Disclosure Date	May 1, 2006
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)	541711, 541712, 541720
NIH Compensation Levels	NIH Salary Cap, effective 1/22/2025: $225,700 (NOT-HS-25-015) NIH Salary Cap, effective 1/29/2024: $221,900 (NOT-OD-24-057) NIH Salary Cap, effective 1/2/2023: $212,100 (NOT-OD-23-056)1 NRSA Pre-doctoral/Post-doctoral Stipend Levels for 2023 (NOT-OD-24-104) NOTE: Graduate Student supported on a research grant or cooperative agreement is equal to the zero level NRSA stipend in effect at the time the grant award is issued. For FY23, it is $56,484.
Current federal Government Fringe Rate Fringe Benefit Rates	SUNY personnel FY25: (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025): 63.43% FY26: 62.68% FY27: 64.84% FY28: 67.27% FY28: 69,.75% Research Foundation personnel FY24: (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025): 39.50% FY25: 39.50% FY26: 39.50% FY27: 39.5% Postdoctorals FY24: (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025): 31.00% FY25: 33% FY26: 33% FY27: 33%
Type of IC/F&A Agreement	Predetermined (PRED)
Base of IC/F&A Rate Agreement	Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC) For all awards beginning 6/30/2025 and earlier: MTDC consists of all direct salaries and wages, applicable fringe benefits, materials and supplies, services, travel and up to the first $25,000 of each subaward (regardless of the period of performance of teh subawrds under the award). MTDC shall exclude equipment, capital expenditures, cares for patient care, rental costs, tuition remission, scholarships and fellowships, participant support costs and the portion of each subaward in excess of $25,000. consortium (sub-recipients up to the first $25,000 of each). For all awards beginning 7/1/2025 and later: MTDC consists of all direct salaries and wages, applicable fringe benefits, materials and supplies, services, travel and up to the first $50,000 of each subaward (regardless of the period of performance of the subawards under the award). MTDC shall exclude equipment, capital expenditures, charges for patient care, rental costs, tuition remission, scholarships and fellowships, participant support costs and the portion of each subaward in excess of $50,000.
Indirect Cost/F&A Rates Rate Agreement	Date of Current Rate Agreement: 08/12/2024 Date of Preceeding Rate Agreement: 04/15/2024 NON-DOD applications: FY24 (7/1/2024-6/30/2025): 63% FY25: (7/1/2025-6/30/2029): 62.2% IPA Agreements: 07/01/2024 - 06/30/2029: 11% Non-Federal Other Sponsored Activities (OSA): FY23: 07/1/2024- 06/30/2029: 34% (on campus) FY23: 07/01/2024-06/30/2029: 26% (off campus) DOD applications: FY24 (7/1/2024-6/30/2025): 66%% FY25 (7/1/2025-6/30/2029): 65.2% (on campus) FY25 (7/1/2025-6/30/2029): 29% (off campus)
Industry Clinical Trial Rate	34% of TDC (included in non-federal OSA rate), effective 11/16/2020
Human Subjects Federal-Wide Assurance	FWA # 00003624 Expiration Date: 5/14/2023
SAM Registration	Registration Active: Yes Expiration Date: December 16, 2025
DHHS/PHS/NIH/OLAW Animal Welfare Assurance	Assurance #: A3260-01 Effective Date: 12/22/2023 Expires: 8/31/2027
AAALAC, International	Number: 000063 Since: 1972
Department of Comparative Medicine's Animal Care Per Diem Rates	Link