The government expects that costs are charged appropriately at the time incurred and that significant adjustments should not be required if adequate financial management practices and policies exist.

If the sponsor does not have a policy limiting Indirect Costs (IDC/F&A) and the Principal Investigator (PI) requests reduced IDC for a budget, CU Boulder requires an Indirect Cost Reduction or Waiver ...

Indirect (F&A) cost rates are established in accordance with the federal government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance. These rates are negotiated between The Research Foundation ...

Fixed costs are considered indirect costs of production ... ongoing expenses for a company examined in cost accounting for management to analyze expenses in relation to revenues, with the goal ...

To control costs effectively, HR must get proactive about cost management. Here’s what this looks like in action—and where you should consider investing additional time or budget over the next ...

On February 7, the NIH announced that it would begin capping indirect cost payments for new and existing research grants at 15%.

On February 7, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued supplemental guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates. The guidance declared that the indirect cost rate ...

The guidance caps the indirect cost rate to 15% The District of Massachusetts has enjoined the National Institutes of Health from enforcing the guidance Entities receiving grant funding can be ...

Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on March 12, 2025, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction ...

The National Institutes of Health announced Friday that it would cut funding for “indirect costs” at universities, medical centers, and other research grant recipients effective Monday.