My Department has a Service/Recharge Center budget and provides a service to the sponsor on an Award with Cost Share. Can we charge the sponsor the internal/lower rate instead of the external/higher rate and use the difference in rates as a Cost Share?

The difference between the internal and external rate may be used to meet an Award’s Cost Share Commitment as long as application of the lower rate is unique to the specific Award.  The loss in revenue, by charging the internal instead of external rate, is the UW’s Cost Share Contribution.  If the Department were to routinely offer this discount then it would not be representative of an actual cost to the department and could not be used for Cost Share.