Final Fringe Benefits Rates for FY2026
Stanford and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have signed the final agreement for the Fringe Benefits and Vacation Accrual/Disability Sick Leave rates for fiscal year 2026. These rates are effective beginning September 1, 2025. The rates are as follows:
FY2026 Final Fringe Benefits and Vacation Accrual/Disability Sick Leave Rates
Staff Benefits:
Regular Benefits-eligible Employees 32.40% (Note 1 and 2)
Post-Doctoral Research Affiliates 27.40%
Contingent Employees 8.30%
Graduate Assistants 7.50%
Vacation Accrual/Disability Sick Leave rates (applicable to only Regular Benefits Eligible staff):
Exempt, Nonexempt, and bargaining unit staff 8.90%
Note 1: This does not include the 0.5% Tuition Grant Program (TGP)/Supplemental Fringe rate charged against Regular Benefits-Eligible employee salaries for non-government projects/accounts only. Please contact Neil Hamilton (neil.hamilton@stanford.edu) at the University Budget Office (UBO) for questions related to the TGP/Supplemental Fringe rate.
Note 2: Applies to all awards not subject to the Executive Level II Salary Limitation as well as to all awards that limit indirect cost salaries to the Executive Level II as specified in the Salary Rate Limit or Salary Cap provisions in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Policy Statements and applicable HHS/NIH Appropriation Act(s).
If you have any questions regarding the fringe benefits and vacation accrual/disability rates, please contact Nguyet Sin at 725-1744 (lesin@stanford.edu), Lily Leung at 721-3516 (lileung@stanford.edu), or Stella Hu at 721-5985 (stella.hu@stanford.edu).
