Direct costs can include expenses like pay for employees who provide goods or services and any money needed to purchase and maintain specialized equipment. — Getty Images/aldomurillo In financial ...

On June 20, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani struck down the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) recent policy capping reimbursement of indirect research costs at 15 percent, a significant reduction ...

The FAIR model aims for a more straightforward and transparent way to track overhead expenses amid efforts by the Trump ...

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 ...

Companies are always looking for ways to save money. They may have already cut costs in areas like manufacturing and shipping. Now, they're turning to a hidden area where they can save more money ...

A coalition of universities, medical centers and other research institutions have pitched proposals on new funding models for how the federal government covers indirect costs that support research ...

“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 ...

Indirect cost recovery (ICR) seems like a boring, technical budget subject. In reality, it is a major source of the long-running budget crises at public research universities. Misinformation about ICR ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

A Massachusetts federal judge put a pause Monday on the Trump administration’s push to change how the National Institutes of Health funds research. The ruling came after nearly two dozen states filed ...