Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs are charged to externally sponsored awards, unless specifically prohibited by the funding agency. A percentage of F&A Costs recovered from sponsored projects ...

For many Widening countries and others with relatively weak national research systems, indirect costs from Horizon Europe projects are an important source of funding. Typically, they cover electricity ...

Universities and their trade associations have already sued the NIH, DOE and NSF over these plans, arguing that capping indirect costs would hurt research production and compromise global ...

May 5, 2025 NSF has issued guidance regarding its "Adoption of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate for NSF Grants and Cooperative Agreements awarded to Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs)" .

Please visit our dedicated page on Federal Executive Orders, which includes FAQs Related to the NIH Funding Cap. Dear Colleagues, This morning, the NSF published a notice that they would be ...

Harvard’s indirect cost rate — the percent of federal funding that covers administrative costs of research — is currently 69 percent, the largest of any Ivy League school.

Uncertainty over the NIH’s policy directive to unilaterally cap universities’ indirect cost reimbursement rates at 15 percent (down from an average negotiated rate of 28 percent) has thrown ...

Update on proposed NIH indirect cost rates: March 6, 2025 To the Case Western Reserve University community, Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelly issued a nationwide preliminary injunction ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a grants policy statement regarding a change in indirect cost rates due to a recent executive order. The NIH is implementing a standardized 15% ...

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on ECG’s website. The NIH announced an immediate cap on the indirect cost rate for all NIH grants, setting the standard rate at 15%.

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.

The average NIH indirect cost rate has historically been between 27 to 28 percent. Trump’s directive will take effect Monday and apply to both current and future grants.