Credit / DRIF policy

MPRC Policy on CREDIT / DRIF Allocation for the Administrative Oversight of Research Projects

The Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC) requires that Faculty Associates who use MPRC research services assign a portion of their population-related research project's CREDIT and DRIF allocation to MPRC as follows:

Please note that MPRC grant support is only available to MPRC faculty Associates.

15% - A Research proposal that is prepared and submitted through MPRC's Administrative Office; 85% will be allocated to their home unit(s).
25% A Research award that is prepared, submitted, and administered by MPRC's post award team; 75% will be allocated to their home unit(s).
The following assume that MPRC also prepared and submitted the award:

35% A Research award that is administered by MPRC and contains one or more U.S. subcontract agreements; 65% will be allocated to their home unit(s).
50% A Research award that is administered by MPRC and contains one or more foreign subcontracted agreements; 50% will be allocated to their home unit(s).

This CREDT/DRIF allocation will be designed in the University's internal routing system at the proposal stage in which Faculty, Department Chairs, and College Deans will be asked to sign off on the it. The Credit/Drif split is project-specific. Each investigator who is an MPRC Faculty Associate will assign this Credit/Drif split as required by the above percentages. If an investigator has more than one appointment, s/he may divide the department's % between these departments. MPRC staff will assist in preparing the internal routing system to correctly allocate project Credit/Drif.

The percentages listed are the percentage of DRIF re-allocation that is returned to departments and to MPRC. The total DRIF is roughly 16% of the overall indirect costs that are generated by research projects expenses.