indirect costs

The suit also seeks to overturn the Trump administration’s 15% cap on indirect costs related to research, which universities say are critical to carrying out their work.

Such indirect costs include maintaining lab space, keeping the temperature controlled and the proper handling and disposal of biological, chemical and biochemical materials.

Additional NIH funding cuts loom on the horizon, including proposed cuts to indirect costs.

“We have building space we don’t pay rent for. There are the refrigeration services and the ventilation services we need to do our specialized work. Our indirect costs go to support that.”

Indirect costs include overhead costs of maintaining buildings housing labs and general administration expenses.