The Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, also known as the Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Rate Agreement, between CU Boulder and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was ...

Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and Dean of Institutes, Massimo Ruzzene, and Senior Vice Chancellor for Business, Finance and Infrastructure, Todd Haggerty, announced that CU ...

On May 2, 2025, the National Science Foundation (“NSF”) issued a “Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate” (NSF 25-034) (hereinafter “Policy Notice”) adopting a uniform 15% ...

Compared to private industry contractors and federal laboratories, universities receive less from the federal government to cover costs indirectly related to research, according to a study ...

A coalition of universities and trade groups is suing the National Science Foundation over the independent federal agency’s plan to cap higher education institutions’ indirect research cost ...

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from implementing a 15% cap on indirect research costs funded by NSF. A federal judge has granted summary judgment in favor of several universities ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...