The FAIR model proposed by higher ed associations may be on the table for fiscal year 2027.

Johns Hopkins University joined 11 peer research universities along with the American Association of Universities, the American Council on Education, and the Association of Public and Land-Grant ...

Penn joined 16 universities and higher education organizations in a federal lawsuit challenging the National Science Foundation's proposed research funding cuts on Monday. The May 5 lawsuit — which ...

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 cannot be charged directly to a ...

After multiple government agencies moved to unilaterally cap indirect research costs—claiming that the current structure allows universities to waste government funds—a coalition of 10 research ...

Indirect costs (Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs) are charged to externally sponsored awards, unless specifically prohibited by the funding agency. A percentage of indirect (F&A) costs ...

Indirect costs, also known as facilities and administrative (F&A) costs or overhead, are expenses incurred by an organization in support of its overall operations that cannot be easily attributed to a ...

On March 5, 2025, a US district court in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction blocking the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from implementing a February 7, 2025, “Supplemental Guidance” ...

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 ...

In the first article of this series of articles related to selling to the federal government, I discussed federal acquisition regulations (FAR), cost accounting standards (CAS) and the types of ...

In financial accounting and taxes, attributing expenses to the correct category isn’t just a tip or guideline; it’s a requirement when filing IRS forms, requesting grant funds, or reporting to ...