Transparency Review

Transparent Approach To Costing (TRAC) And Full Economic Cost (fEC)

The Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) began as a project in 1999 and has now evolved into the Full Economic Costing (fEC) of Research Grants.

Staff costs are the single largest element of a University's costs, so how we allocate these costs in the annual TRAC exercise has a significant impact on the TRAC results and also on our indirect cost rate and estates rates used for fEC.

During 2009/2010 we will be undertaking a Time Allocation Survey to update our information on how academic time is spent across the TRAC categories of Teaching, Research and Other Income Generating Activity. The majority of academic staff will take part in the survey, and all forms and further information can be found by the following links below.

These pages attempt to provide a brief guide to the project and the implications for the University of Dundee.

• The TrAC Steer Group
  • Download TAS Forms
  • A brief one-page guide to the TRAC Time Allocation Survey (PDF 20Kb)
  • Activity Definitions
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Guidance Document - 'What is and What is not Research for the purposes of the Time Allocation Survey'
  • E-mail sent of behalf of Prof Anne Anderson

Last modified: Thursday, 05-Jan-2012 11:23:36 GMT