The funding agency aims to cap “indirect costs” in biomedical research grants. But this behind-the-scenes work is crucial to making research happen.

On February 7, the NIH announced that it would begin capping indirect cost payments for new and existing research grants at 15%.

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People often see this as administrative bloat. It is a reimbursement for costs already incurred by universities to support the research infrastructure at the university. And people don’t necessarily ...

“If small biotech companies like ours are forced to scale back or shut down, it will not just be a loss for scientific ...

Biomedical research in the U.S. is world-class in part because of a long-standing partnership between universities and the ...

"The NIH’s new 15% cap on indirect costs threatens U.S. biomedical research by reducing funds for vital infrastructure, labs, ...

But that's not so. Indirect costs include lab space, data storage, regulatory compliance and administrative support. The ...

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