I tagged expenditures as Cost Share Contributions from a departmental budget that has a 0% F&A rate. Why isn’t the Cost Share F&A Rate on the benefitting Sponsored Award also equal to 0%?

The F&A rate of the budget where the Cost Share expenditures were incurred does not determine the Cost Share F&A Rate for the benefiting Sponsored Award. The Cost Share F&A rate should be equal to the UW’s standard negotiated rate unless the Sponsor specifically states otherwise (which is rare).  Cost Share F&A does not represent a burden to the department as the calculation only exists in the eFECS Cost Share Summary module to calculate the true value to the UW of the Cost Share Contribution.