Serving more than 130 top academic research institutions, the MAXIMUS Higher Education Practice understands the challenges in achieving and maintaining compliance with federal regulation 2 CFR Part 200, "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirement for Federal Awards." Our professional staff delivers the highest level of consulting services to the academic research community, bringing a diverse team of experts with a broad array of experience across a universe of professions, including former higher education research directors and administrators, cost allocation specialists, facilities and administrative rate experts and technology consultants. Our industry-leading software tools include the Comprehensive Rate Information System (CRIS Long & Short Form), Effort Reporting System (ERS) and a web-based space survey tool (WebSpace). We provide a Compliance Risk Assessment (C/RA), as well as Sponsored Project Enhancements for educational institutions in the area of Research and Sponsored Projects Administration.