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Understanding Indirect Costs: A Brief Overview

Grant Professionals Association

Indirect costs are the backbone of an organization’s operations. Also known as overhead or administrative costs, they ensure organizations smooth functioning. In the grant sphere, indirect costs represent the expenses associated with general operation and support of an organization or project.

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Untangling the New Uniform Grant Guidance

RBW Strategy

Since the original Uniform Grant Guidance was issued in 2014, federal grant recipients, subrecipients, and contractors have grumbled about the confusing jargon, lack of clarity, and general “squishiness” about some of the guidance’s language and how it applies to all recipients of federal funding.

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

Overhead covers general operating expenses like rent, utilities, and administrative expenses. If your institution requires proposal budgets to include a minimum overhead rate of 20%, it should not allow you to submit a grant application to a funder that has a 10% cap on overhead costs.

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