In financial accounting and taxes, attributing expenses to the correct category isn’t just a tip or guideline; it’s a requirement when filing IRS forms, requesting grant funds, or reporting to ...

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 ...

Funding direct costs supports the expenses that can be specifically identified with a particular project such as researchers, supplies and travel. Funding indirect costs supports the critical ...

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 ...

Indirect costs (Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs) are charged to externally sponsored awards, unless specifically prohibited by the funding agency. A percentage of indirect (F&A) costs ...

A coalition of universities, medical centers and other research institutions have pitched proposals on new funding models for how the federal government covers indirect costs that support research ...

What are cost transfers and why do we monitor them so closely? A Cost Transfer is the transfer of an expenditure, or cost, that initially posted to one project or account and is then transferred to ...