Knowing the difference between direct and indirect costs is important for pricing, taxes, and financial health. See how these expenses differ and why it matters.

Indirect costs are fat targets for budget slashers, but beware: They make science possible. They don't pay for the ...

Costs of labor can be categorized into two main categories, direct (production) and indirect (non-production) cost of labor. Direct costs include wages for the employees that produce a product ...

The Gates Foundation, for example, pays a 10% rate for indirect costs, while the Carnegie Corporation and John Templeton Foundation each pay 15% of indirect costs for research.

As of Monday, the NIH’s new policy to cap indirect cost reimbursement rates to 15 percent of a given grant, regardless of institution location, scale, or initiative, is in effect.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, has an indirect cost rate of 59%. That doesn’t mean that 59% of NSF grants awarded to MIT scientists go toward the university’s indirect ...

In February, the NIH attempted to cut overhead costs it pays to universities and grantees to 15 percent, a decision that critics said would result in a $4 billion shortfall to universities and ...

Indirect costs include lab construction, research equipment and hazardous waste removal. Lowering caps on indirect costs could lead to fewer graduate program positions. Multiple states are ...

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 ...

The Gates Foundation, for example, pays a 10% rate for indirect costs, while the Carnegie Corporation and John Templeton Foundation each pay 15% of indirect costs for research.However, researchers ...

For example, in a joint statement, the Association of American Medical Colleges CEO David J. Skorton and Chief Scientific Officer Elena Fuentes-Afflick say the cap “will mean less research.” ...

The Gates Foundation, for example, pays a 10% rate for indirect costs, while the Carnegie Corporation and John Templeton Foundation each pay 15% of indirect costs for research.