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Program Descriptions

65 - SPECIAL REGENTS' PROGRAMS

After provision for costs related to federal contract and grant activity, and the funding of buildings supported under Garamendi (wherein the University may use federal indirect cost monies received for research activities to pay debt service and maintenance costs for specifically approved research buildings), 55 percent of the federal overhead on contracts and grants is used to fund the University's general purpose budget for current operations. The other 45 percent is the source of the University Opportunity Fund. This fund supports high priority programs that are not adequately supported from other sources, such as faculty recruitment and retention, special research programs, instructional programs and administrative programs, and support for external fund raising. In addition, the Department of Energy pays the University a performance management fee to cover costs related to operational oversight of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The fee also cover costs related to audit disallowances and federally unreimbursed costs, and provides support to University research programs. The University also receives a net fee for its partial ownership of two limited liability companies, each of which holds a contract, one to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the other to manage the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The fees are used for value-added oversight and University research.