Massachusetts Hall is located in Harvard Yard and houses the University president's office. As indirect costs from the National Institutes of Health hang in legal limbo, Harvard's rate has come under ...
Is this the end of the world as universities and similar research institutions in the U.S. know it? Well, they probably don’t feel fine after the National Institutes of Health announced on Friday ...
Indirect cost recovery (ICR) seems like a boring, technical budget subject. In reality, it is a major source of the long-running budget crises at public research universities. Misinformation about ICR ...
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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 ...
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Two months after the National Institutes of Health unilaterally capped indirect research cost reimbursement rates at 15 percent—which a federal judge has permanently blocked—the Department of Energy ...
Princeton joined eight other universities and three national higher education associations in a lawsuit against the Department of Energy (DOE) on Monday over the department’s recent slash to indirect ...
The US National Institutes of Health is lowering the maximum “indirect cost rate” that research institutions can charge the government, the agency said late Friday – a move that scientists said could ...
The principal investigator (PI) must request an IDC Waiver from their respective school when either of the following is true: The rate is different from the university-negotiated IDC rate (found on ...
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 ...
What are Indirect (IDC or F&A) Costs? Federal Regulations define IDC as "Indirect costs are those that have been incurred for common or joint objectives and cannot be readily identified with a ...