2 thoughts on “Congress and Changes to the Indirect Cost Rate for NIH Grants

  1. Random question that comes to mind… Is the administrative markup the same for all departments? The only time I did work at a university on a federal grant it was through the Navy, and was an applied math problem. I can understand that the markup is high if the work requires a Level 3 biosafety lab that has to be maintained even when there are no grants. Less so for the blackboard where I did my particular work.Report

    1. It is the same across all departments. It is different for on campus vs. off-campus work and research vs. education contracts and if a university has multiple campuses it can vary across campuses. However, it is the same between departments. I am guessing your level 3 biosafety lab takes in less indirects than they need, but your applied math research takes in more and hopefully it averages out in the end.Report

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