rate is applied to determine the total indirect (F&A) costs of a sponsored project. The two most commonly used distribution bases are Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) or Salary and Wages (S&W) ...

Indirect costs can cover everything from the cost ... Given that private funders pay a lower IDC rate, it might appear that universities are gouging the federal government, but only if we ignore ...

President Trump's nominee to lead the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, demurred on his view on Trump’s move to slashi NIH indirect cost ...

The total is divided into "direct" costs – covering researchers' salaries and laboratory ... As an example, an institution with a 50% indirect cost rate would get another $50,000 to cover ...

A preliminary injunction said changes to the National Institutes for Health funding formula would compromise “human safety ...

Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on March 12, 2025, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction ...

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

By removing bloated administrative costs, the Trump administration is actually protecting and allowing the expansion of ...

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While direct research costs include easily quantifiable line items such as researcher salaries, indirect cost rates support harder-to-quantify costs that may contribute to multiple different research ...

The rate for indirect costs helps universities pay for expenses like lab construction, research equipment and utilities at research facilities. The University of Louisville will temporarily stop ...