Appeals Court Upholds Ban Against Fed’s Plan To Cap NIH Indirect Costs

In a big victory for university researchers, an appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration’s plan to cap payment ...
Forbes

The Hidden Costs Of Freezing Indirect Research Funding

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STAT

Indirect research costs are complicated, wonky — and crucial to science

Wolinetz is chair of the health bioscience innovations practice at Lewis-Burke Associates and former chief of staff to the director of NIH. I’ve spent more than two decades of work in biomedical ...
The Boston Globe

What are ‘indirect costs,’ the money the NIH is trying to slash from science research?

Since 1947, the federal government has provided research institutions with funding for administrative and facilities costs such as rent, heating, and electricity in addition to direct costs for ...
WTAE-TV

Pitt and NIH reach deal on medical research funding

SHE WAS 84 YEARS OLD. CONTINUING COVERAGE NOW ON THE STATE OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH IN PITTSBURGH, WE HAVE REPORTED THIS YEAR THAT LOCAL RESEARCHERS SAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS ...
The Boston Globe

NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science

This is an excerpt of an article from STAT, the health and medicine news site that’s a partner to the Globe. For a full version of this story, visit STAT. The National Institutes of Health, the nation ...
CNN

Researchers decry ‘disastrously bad idea’ as NIH slashes payments for research infrastructure

The US National Institutes of Health is lowering the maximum “indirect cost rate” that research institutions can charge the government, the agency said late Friday – a move that scientists said could ...
JD Supra

Government Contracts Cost and Pricing: Allocation of Direct and Indirect Costs

Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. This is the second article in a multi-part ...
ucdavis.edu

Direct vs. Indirect Costs: Federal Research Funding Explained

Funding direct costs supports the expenses that can be specifically identified with a particular project such as researchers, supplies and travel. Funding indirect costs supports the critical ...
JD Supra

Congressional Relief from Indirect Cost Rate Caps for Grantees - Congress Signals a Viewpoint in the NDAA

Early this week, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees released the final negotiated language of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (FY26 NDAA), which the House promptly ...
William & Mary

Indirect Costs (IDC or F&A)

What are Indirect (IDC or F&A) Costs? Federal Regulations define IDC as "Indirect costs are those that have been incurred for common or joint objectives and cannot be readily identified with a ...