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Universities have said funding for indirect costs, such as for overhead, are crucial for conducting research itself.
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Tina Reed, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
This is the latest of a series of legal defeats the Trump administration has suffered in response to its imposition of 15 percent indirect cost limits for research across multiple government departments.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Getting a large number of moms to quit their jobs would also have indirect costs.
—Anna North, Vox, 26 June 2025
Currently, the National Science Foundation determines each grant recipient’s indirect costs individually and is supposed to cover actual expenses.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
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Tina Reed, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
This is the latest of a series of legal defeats the Trump administration has suffered in response to its imposition of 15 percent indirect cost limits for research across multiple government departments.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Getting a large number of moms to quit their jobs would also have indirect costs.
—Anna North, Vox, 26 June 2025
Currently, the National Science Foundation determines each grant recipient’s indirect costs individually and is supposed to cover actual expenses.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
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“Indirect cost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indirect%20cost. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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