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The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that it will cap the reimbursement of facility and administrative (F&A) costs—also known as indirect costs—at 15% for all new grants ...
Despite claims by the Trump administration that indirect costs are an example of wasteful, “difficult to oversee” spending on the part of universities, the DOE—like the NIH—has not yet presented any ...
As an example, an institution with a 50% indirect cost rate would get another $50,000 to cover indirect expenses for a $100,000 project.
The NIH spent more than $35 billion on almost 50,000 grants in the 2023 fiscal year, the agency said in a February 7 statement announcing its plans to slash funding for “indirect” research ...
Since lab space in New York City, for example, costs more than in Lincoln, Nebraska. Columbia University has a higher IDC rate (64.5%) than the University of Nebraska (55.5%).
For example, a grant with a 50% rate means for every dollar in direct grant funding, 50 cents would be added for indirect expenses. If the new policy stands, indirect costs would be capped at a ...
For example, if a university had a 50% indirect cost rate in 2024, it would receive $150,000 for a $100,000 grant, with $50,000 allocated to indirect costs.