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Frequently Used Facts

The following information serves as a “ready reference” of institutional data often requested by funders.

Legal Corporate Name
Hampshire College Trustees

Type of Organization

Private institution of higher education, non-profit

Legal Address

Hampshire College

893 West Street

Amherst, MA 01002-3359

Year the College Was Established

1970

Length of an Academic Semester

Minimum of 15 weeks

Accreditation Body

New England Associations of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)

Congressional District

Second of Massachusetts

Cognizant Audit Agency

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Division of Cost Allocation

26 Federal Plaza

Room 41-22

New York, NY 10278

Phone: 212.264.2069

Point of Contact: Ryan McCarthy

Date of Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement with DHHS
September 01, 2011 (see effective dates below)

Current Indirect Cost Rates (effective 07/01/2011–06/30/2014)

51.0% for on-campus projects

30.0% for off-campus projects

Current Fringe Benefit Rates (effective 07/01/2011–06/30/2014)

For Federally-funded Projects:

Faculty: 24.5%

Full-time staff: 24.5%

Part-time faculty and employees: 24.5%

Undergraduate students in the summer: 7.65%

Undergraduate students during the year: 0%

For Non-Federally-funded Projects*:

Faculty: 24.5%

Full-time staff: 24.5%

Part-time faculty and employees: 24.5%

Undergraduate students in the summer: 7.65%

Undergraduate students during the year: 0%

*Unless otherwise stated in the funder’s Request for Proposals (RFP)

Course Release

12.5% of faculty member’s annual salary

Federal EIN or Tax ID #

04-6130872

NSF Institutional Code

00-46-615-000

DUNS Number
06-698-1226

NASA Cage Code
1SSL4

Authorized Institutional Representative
(also called sponsored research officer [SRO])
Yaniris M. Fernandez, associate dean of faculty
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002-3359

Administrative Contact
Marjorie Hutter, director of foundation and government relations
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002-3359

Fiscal Contact
Michael Ford, assistant controller
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002-3359

If your grant application requires the College's Fiscal Year Operating Budget, please contact Brandee Simone at 413.559.6039 or bsimone@hampshire.edu

Contact Us

College Advancement
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
800.619.4267 (toll free)
413.559.5574
Fax 413.559.6054
coll-adv@hampshire.edu