The Cato report should be a beneficial guide for congressional budget hawks and White House cost cutters.

The guidance caps the indirect cost rate to 15% The District of Massachusetts has enjoined the National Institutes of Health from enforcing the guidance Entities receiving grant funding can be ...

In a March 5 letter to the agency, the organizations—led by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons —said they are deeply concerned about the policy, which ...

Key features included joint clinical and operational leadership; granular and transparent cost accounting; dedicated project support staff; information technology support; and a departmental shared ...

Here, we explore the difference between direct and indirect costs, their significance and why the scientific community is deeply concerned about the cap. For discoveries to be made, research must be ...

For instance, the salaries for personnel who work on a project and project-specific equipment are two examples of direct costs. Indirect costs can cover everything from the cost of ventilation in ...

The University at Buffalo (UB, university) will recover the total direct costs and indirect (facilities and administrative (F&A)) costs for each sponsored award unless specifically prohibited or ...

“It is not possible to perform the research funded by direct costs without the infrastructure supported by indirect costs,” said Eric W. Kaler, PhD. On February 10, a group of 22 state attorneys ...

At least, it used to. On February 7, the NIH announced a 15 percent cap on indirect costs—an allowance that previously has averaged about 30 percent across the nation. For UNC, it meant a 40 ...