The attack on research continues, reducing IDC to 15% for DOE. Of course, announced after hours on a Friday. Trump’s war on “woke” universities is unraveling decades of a successful partnership.
#IndirectCosts #IDCMatters #ResearchAdministration #SciencePolicy #DOE
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Changes in Federal Research Requirements Since 1991 (Updated January 2025). Source: https://www.cogr.edu/changes-federal-research-requirements-1991
Do people realize #USA's federal R&D #FUNDING has been *declining* relative to its #GDP?
The alarming increases are in its #science #REGULATION:
> 60% of #research regs/policies were added/updated in the last 10 of the most recent 33 years:
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#IDCmatters
What would Vannevar Bush do? Maybe we need an Endless Frontier 2.0.
#scipol #researchadministration #researchpolicy #SaveNIH #IDCMatters
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Another good indirect cost recovery resource #IDCMatters #SaveNIH
❤️ this graphic from MIT about indirect costs. Conveys that a “high” rate doesn’t mean that a majority of a grant goes to IDC. At large research universities, it’s about 25-30% of total costs. I have to explain this to researchers all the time: web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/2...
#IDCMatters #SaveNIH
❤️ this graphic from MIT about indirect costs. Conveys that a “high” rate doesn’t mean that a majority of a grant goes to IDC. At large research universities, it’s about 25-30% of total costs. I have to explain this to researchers all the time: web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/2...
#IDCMatters #SaveNIH
This was all foretold in #Project2025 (see page 355) because DEI bad, universities “too woke” static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...
#IDCMatters #SaveNIH
For an administration that wants to deregulate, it would prudent that they would look to remove some of the administrative burdens imposed on grant recipients (see this graphic from the Council on Governmental Relations - COGR). Also this list: www.cogr.edu/sites/defaul...
#IDCMatters #SaveNIH
#IDCMatters because it builds those research labs where American R&D has flourished continuously since the end of World War II. It’s grown more complex over time as the problems that universities tackle in basic and applied research have expanded.
Under 2 CFR 200, universities used a “Modified Total Direct Cost” (MTDC) base, meaning when you multiple the rate to your base to calculate your IDC recover, there are quite a few direct costs excluded from the base. www.ecfr.gov/current/titl... #IDCMatters
And here is a link to a comprehensive list of these requirements (www.cogr.edu/sites/defaul...). Top page 11, for example cites FFATA reporting, which is a cumbersome and very manual reporting of grant expenditure data, touted as a bringing “transparency,” created lots more work #idcmatters #scipol
Visual from COGR (Council on Governmental Relations), tracking federal regulations + policies that impact how contacts & grants are managed. In my over 20 years in the #researchadministration biz, I can attest that the complexity of these requirements has grown tremendously #idcmatters #scipol
"there will be a standard indirect rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs in lieu of a separately negotiated rate for indirect costs in every grant."
This misguidance will damage US R&D.
#sciencepolicy #researchadministration #IDCmatters #SaveTheNIH
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