NIH grants typically cover two types of costs: direct and indirect. Direct costs fund project-specific research needs like equipment, supplies, salaries and travel. Indirect costs, on the other ...

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

The total is divided into “direct” costs – covering researchers’ salaries and laboratory supplies – and “indirect” costs, the administrative and facility costs needed to support that ...

High-dollar procedures like coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) generate billions in hospital revenue. Inflated charges for those procedures, billing ...