Some believe that all indirect costs are fixed, but that’s not true. Indirect costs can be both fixed and variable.

Knowing the difference between direct and indirect costs is important for pricing, taxes, and financial health. See how these expenses differ and why it matters.

A group of higher education associations is floating changes to the federal government’s model for reimbursing research ...

Two new models are geared toward creating a more transparent and accountable system to track costs indirectly related to ...

Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs are charged to externally sponsored awards, unless specifically prohibited by the funding agency. A percentage of F&A Costs recovered from sponsored projects ...

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 ...

A dozen universities are challenging the federal government's latest attempt to cut research funding for overhead expenses.

The Trump administration’s decision to cap how much NIH will pay for indirect costs on university research grants would cost 10 red states more than $1 billion.

Indirect research costs are complicated, wonky — and crucial to science. Direct costs include what you might expect — expenses such as the test tubes, beakers, chemicals, biological materials ...