Note: This post was updated with new information on February 13, 2025. On February 7, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued Supplemental Guidance to its 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement, ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a grants policy statement regarding a change in indirect cost rates due to a recent executive order. The NIH is implementing a standardized 15% ...

To the Case Western Reserve community: Late Friday afternoon, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a notice titled “Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect ...

The National Institutes of Health announced Friday that the agency is making cuts to grants that support research institutions by limiting the amount of indirect funding for research projects to just ...

A coalition of research universities and higher education advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Department of Energy, asking a judge to immediately block the department’s plan to ...

Activities funded by external sponsors or separately budgeted internal programs that are formally organized to produce research outcomes. These are clearly structured and often require detailed budget ...

If you work at a research institution receiving federal funding and are in possession of an internet connection, chances are you’ve been nervously following the legal and political battle over recent, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yes, it’s happening – New York City is officially launching its initiative to help its nonprofit contractors cover their indirect costs. After years of complaints from local providers, the New York ...