What is the "F and A add-on" charge on my invoice?

Users from all external labs are charged an additional Facilities and Administration Fee (F&A Fee) which goes to HMS to cover a portion of the facilities and administration costs for the CMI space.  We include this add-on fee in our published rates for external users, however PPMS invoicing separates this out from the base rate. 

• Academic Users are considered External if:
  • their lab's grants are managed by any institution other than Harvard University.
  • their lab will NOT be paying with a Harvard 33-digit billing code.
  • their lab is located at a affiliated Hospital (including BWH, Children's Hospital, Beth Isreal, DFCI, MGH) or other academic institution.
• All commercial labs are External, and are charged F&A and an additional Commerical add-on charge.