Indirect costs, also known as facilities and administrative (F&A) costs or overhead, are expenses incurred by an organization in support of its overall operations that cannot be easily attributed to a ...

Since 1947, the federal government has provided research institutions with funding for administrative and facilities costs such as rent, heating, and electricity in addition to direct costs for ...

Imagine that one evening you go out to a neighborhood restaurant and order a steak dinner. It is delicious, and everything is going well — until the check comes, and you demand that the proprietor ...

A new estimate reveals how much a proposed cap on NIH grants would cost each state. The fallout over the Trump administration’s imposition of a cap on National Institutes of Health payments for ...

“It is not possible to perform the research funded by direct costs without the infrastructure supported by indirect costs,” said Eric W. Kaler, PhD. On February 10, a group of 22 state attorneys ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. Federal moves to freeze or cut indirect cost recovery rates ...

If you work at a research institution receiving federal funding and are in possession of an internet connection, chances are you’ve been nervously following the legal and political battle over recent, ...

The United States federal government is the primary source of research funding for American universities. Last fiscal year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation ...