Indirect Costs at Academic Institutions: Background and Controversy
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Federal R&D funding at academic institutions totals over $10 billion annually. About one-third pays for indirect costs or overhead; the rest supports the direct costs of conducting R&D. On May 8, 1996, OMB revised Circular A-21, governing indirect costs policies, to change the designation "indirect costs" to "facilities and administrative costs" (F&A). The Departments of Defense and of Health and Human Services negotiate to determine indirect cost rates with about 96% of U.S. and audit complian…
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Date:
January 3, 1997
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department