The indirect-cost rate is applied against the total amount of direct costs associated with a particular NIH funding program. Direct costs “may include, but are not limited to, salaries ...

The NIH, the main funder of biomedical research, awarded about $35 billion in grants to research groups last year. The total is divided into “direct” costs – covering researchers’ salaries and ...

The NIH’s new policy would replace these negotiated rates with a 15% cap on total indirect costs for all new and future grants, a move the agency estimated would reduce indirect payments by $4 ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the National Institutes of Health wouldn’t explicitly commit to reversing course on the federal agency’s controversial plan to cap reimbursements for the ...