Indirect Costs, also known as Facilities and Administrative Costs (F&A) or overhead, are institutional costs that are not specifically allocable to individual sponsored projects but are real costs ...

CU Boulder’s Federally-Negotiated Indirect Cost (F&A) Rate Agreement includes four types of activities. The activity types of organized research, instruction, and other sponsored activities are ...

Indirect costs cannot be attributed to a particular project. Examples include utilities, facilities maintenance, library support and general departmental and university administration. These costs are ...

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 ...

The obsession with indirect costs and the quest to find the perfect indirect cost ratio has sent foundations and other donors down a dangerous path. Those of us who manage organizations find it to be ...