This announcement applies to the Chicago campus only. Please distribute this information to those in your unit who work with fringe benefit, tuition remission, and facilities & administrative rates.
Following are the UIC fringe benefit rates for Fiscal Year 2026, commencing in July 2025 with the BW 15 and MN 8 pay periods (with the exception of Retirement, which is effective with BW 15 and MN 7). The FY26 fringe benefit rates have been finalized and approved by our cognizant Federal Agency, the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Please note, there is a change in the Health, Life, Dental (HLD) portion of the fringe benefit rate as compared to the provisional rate. During rate negotiations, we received more current information, which resulted in a slight increase in the HLD rate negotiated with the Federal government.
Academic and Non-Academic Fringe Benefits Rates
The following rates are applicable to academic and non-academic employees eligible for SURS and insurance.
| Benefit Type | FY26 Rate |
| Retirement/Disability (SURS) | 11.88% |
| Health, Life, & Dental (HLD) Insurance | 24.43% |
| Termination Vacation/Sick (TVS) Leave | 0.61% |
| FICA (Medicare) | 1.45% |
| Workers' Compensation | 0.04% |
| Total for most academic and non-academic appointments of 50% or more | 38.41% |
Graduate Assistant Fringe Benefits Rates
The following rates are applicable to graduate assistants paid from sponsored funds.
| Benefit Type | FY26 Rate |
| Health, Dental, and Vision (HDV) | 3.50% |
| Workers' Compensation | 0.04% |
| Total for graduate assistant appointments between 25% to 67% | 3.54% |
Tuition Remission Rate
| Benefit Type | FY26 Rate |
| Tuition Remission | 42.00% |
FY24-FY27 Facilities & Administrative Rates
| Activity Type | On-Campus | Off-Campus | Date |
| Organized Research | 60.33% | 26% | 7/1/24-6/30/27 |
| Organized Research | 59.90% | 26% | 7/1/23-6/30/24 |
| Instruction | 39.67% | 26% | 7/1/24-6/30/27 |
| Instruction | 39.70% | 26% | 7/1/23-6/30/24 |
| Other Sponsored Activity | 37.27% | 26% | 7/1/24-6/30/27 |
| Other Sponsored Activity | 36.00% | 26% | 7/1/23-6/30/24 |
For further information regarding the rates mentioned above and the application of such rates, click here to obtain access to the UIC FY26 Rate Schedule bulletin maintained on the System Government Costing website.
Contact
If you have any questions about the development of these rates, please contact Fred Kirstein, Assistant Director for System Government Costing (UIC) at kirstein@uillinois.edu or 217-344-1088, or Shelly Benson, Senior Director for System Government Costing at slbenson@uillinois.edu or 217-333-4882.
