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Collaboration—Love it or Hate it?

Grant Professionals Association

Or my favorite—when one organization has a NICRA (Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement) of 47% while the other three organizations use the 10% de minimus rate, and this causes a stir. So, what have I done in these situations?

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

USG negotiated indirect cost rate: In the case of USG grant applications, many institutions (this includes both educational institutions and nonprofits) have a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA) with the US government. NICRA covers indirect costs (facilities and administrative costs) and fringe benefit expenses.

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The Grants Transparency Act of 2023: Good idea or spitting in the wind?

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Specifically, the changes include but are not limited to: raising the threshold value for Single Audits to $1,000,000 from $750,000 raising the threshold for indirect cost rate to 15% for organizations without a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA) raising the equipment threshold from $5,000 to $10,000 for that which may be sold or retained (..)