Published October 30, 2025, via Research News
WashU has finalized the Fiscal 2026 Fringe Benefit Rates with our federal cognizant agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The rates linked below are effective on July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. DHHS has issued a new rate agreement dated September 18, 2025. The new rate agreement and updated policy are available on the Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) website via this link.
Workday was updated 9/26/25, and it is applying these rates to all applicable payroll transactions. Please note that any PAA for a pay period prior to 9/26, regardless of the salary line being adjusted, will trigger the fringe to recalculate for ALL salary worktags that were on the original pay for that worker. In some cases, this may cause an overdraft on an expired award OR an amount that we are no longer able to bill the sponsor. Please review payroll and effort for periods prior to 9/26 for necessary adjustments and get them completed as soon as possible to avoid this issue. There is not a systematic solution for solving this issue currently. Should one become available, a communication will be sent.
The Research Management System (RMS) will be updated with the rates in the next several weeks. Please continue to use the current fringe rates as configured in RMS until we get them updated. We will send a second announcement when the new rates are available.
Please contact Krystina Gross (kgross@wustl.edu) if you have any questions about this information.