Fringe Benefits Accounting and Reporting is responsible for the financial reporting, analysis, monitoring, rate preparation and negotiation of the fringe rate with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
The DHHS formally approves our federal fringe benefit rates. The negotiated rates and projections are available through the links below. These fringe benefit rates should be used for budgeting and long-range planning purposes, as well as when preparing grant applications that cross fiscal years.
Two sets of fringe benefit rates are specified for each fiscal year. The “Federal” rates will be used for federal grants and contracts, and for Duke Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital. The “Non-Federal” rates will be used for all other entities, including non-federal grants, contracts, departments, etc. The differentiation in fringe benefit rates reflects the elimination of federal participation in the reimbursement of the tuition grant fringe benefit program for federally funded grants and contracts, and for Duke Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital.
The University has seven different rates applicable to various employee groups: exempt, non-exempt, DHIP, house staff & Postdocs, students, PhD students, and temporary services