Comprehensive Rate Information System
Used by over 130 educational institutions, the Comprehensive Rate Information System (CRIS) provides a total solution for preparing F&A rate proposals. Updated annually, CRIS incorporates all the reporting requirements of OMB Circular A-21
(2 CFR Part 220), including the Standard Format. MAXIMUS provides on-site, hands-on training in all applications of CRIS, giving you the support you need.
CRIS Offers Many Features and Flexibility
Fully automated and integrated, CRIS offers many benefits:
- Allows you to perform "what-if" analyses
- Supports rate calculations with easily accessible audit trails
- Incorporates source data files and integrates modules with automatic updates
- Updates easily with new and changing data
- Accepts financial and statistical data from a variety of electronic sources
- Operates in a Windows environment
- Documents all aspects of the rate calculation providing easy resolution of data variances
- Assists in developing the optimal proposed F&A rates while remaining in compliance with A-21 and, in turn, receiving the maximum level of F&A dollar recoveries on grants
CRIS Short Form Brings Full Power to Short Form Proposals
With many of the same features of the established CRIS solution, the CRIS Short Form helps minimize the time and effort small research institutions spend on developing the F&A rate proposal, while also ensuring federal compliance. CRIS Short Form enables the identification, assignment, determination and application of cost rates applied to work at universities having total direct costs that do not exceed $10 million in a single fiscal year.
Tap into the benefits of CRIS Short Form:
- Maximizes and supports the F&A proposal rate with standard methodologies
- Calculates modified total direct cost and salary or wage (S&W) rates simultaneously
- Over 100 pre-formatted reports and ad hoc reports
- Provides more accurate, defensible and timely results
- Can be used for other costing models
- Provides federal government reporting module (fully A-21 compliant)