Finance Business Systems

Research Support - Costing and Pricing

 

Directly Incurred Costs

 

Staffing or Pay Costs

Staffing costs will usually represent the major cost associated with a project and as such it is important to determine an accurate cost for this element. To aid in the costing of research proposals, FBS has recently subscribed to SiriusWeb, an online staff costs calculator. This tool is available to all staff at UWE. Please contact Ray Lockyer if you require training to use SiriusWeb.

 

Points to Remember

  •  UWE Salary Tables can be accessed by following this link – these tables can be used in conjunction with SiriusWeb to help build up staff costs.
     
  • Staffing costs are made up of the basic salary, additional allowances, market factors and on costs i.e. the employer’s contribution to National Insurance and Superannuation
     
  • Incremental progression should be included in the costing for directly incurred staff on the following basis:
    •  Increment dates for most existing staff will continue to be 1st September (academic staff) or 1st April (APT&C staff).  However, from 1st April 2007 new staff and existing staff who are subsequently promoted or regraded will have a new increment date which is the anniversary of that appointment, promotion or regrading.
  • A standard FTE = 1650 hrs; 220 days or 44 weeks
     
  • For temporary staff or visiting lecturer rates please click the following link: Visiting Lecturer Rates
     
  • If requested, Human Resources will provide advise on the appropriate grading of staff to be included within proposals.  Where a proposal is successful Human Resources will, on receipt of a completed recruitment authorisation form and job description, carryout a job evaluation for new posts to ensure consistency of grading across the University in line with the National Framework Agreement.