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.

A group of higher education associations is pitching the White House and lawmakers on a new model for the federal government ...

Tech CFOs are rethinking indirect tax, using automation and data integration to turn compliance into a strategic advantage.

Indirect Costs, also known as Facilities and Administrative Costs (F&A) or overhead, are institutional costs that are not specifically allocable to individual sponsored projects but are real costs ...

Trump administration directive that sought to reduce overhead costs associated with federally funded research blocked by U.S. District Court judge after 22 state attorneys general sued.

Of that $35 billion, according to the announcement, $9 billion was allocated for "indirect costs" that cover expenses related to depreciation on buildings, equipment, capital improvements ...

Best Practices Guide Background F&A [Facilities & Administrative] costs, also known as IER [Indirect Expense Recovery] or Indirect Costs, are real costs that are necessary to cover expenses which ...

Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Katie Britt have raised concerns about NIH's decision to cut indirect costs on university research grants, a move some have argued violates federal law.

The NIH covered $135 million in indirect cost expenses from Harvard researchers in fiscal year 2024, according to Shaw. Under the new limits, Harvard would have received only $31 million, he wrote.

Through fiscal year 2026, JHU's negotiated indirect cost rate for Department of Defense research grants is 55%. Of the approximately $122 million in DOD funding that the university received in fiscal ...

The National Institutes of Health, the nation’s premier funder of biomedical research, announced Friday that it will immediately slash support for “indirect costs” to research efforts.

Top universities and medical centers stand to lose $100 million a year or more if a sweeping change to how the National Institutes of Health reimburses research costs takes effect on Monday. The ...