Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ424637
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0024
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Indirect Costs: Daily Bread, Cake, or Cracker.
Lucas, Robert A.
Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, v20 n3 p25-28 Win 1988
The tradition of negotiating indirect costs in grants should be abandoned, and research administrators should instead offer different levels of service depending on what the sponsor wants to spend. Three levels of overhead rate are suggested (super, regular, and economy) and their corresponding levels of service are defined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classification, Cost Effectiveness, Grants, Higher Education, Indirect Costs, Research Administration
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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