The estimate for any construction job includes projected overhead costs. Indirect – or general – overhead expenses are those that are not specific to any particular job but are fees the ...

Indirect costs include laboratory construction, research equipment and lighting and heating in research facilities, Schatzel said in an message issued Feb. 12.The average indirect cost rate for ...

A federal judge on June 20 rejected the National Science Foundation’s move to cap indirect costs related to its research grants at 15%, following similar decisions by other courts. Most universities ...

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

UW-Madison has 198 active Defense awards totaling $221.3 million, but the Trump administration is trying to limit how much can be spent on indirect costs.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from making drastic cuts to research funding that is provided by the ...

For years, limitations on indirect cost rates varied among government agencies; before 1955, the NIH limited its rate to 8 percent, according to the National Science Foundation.

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 ...

A group of research universities say the Defense Department arbitrarily put a cap on indirect cost rates for their government-funded research, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court Monday.

Tariffs have yet to have a significant impact on highway construction costs in Arkansas, although that could change, a state ...

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