Universities Charging High Overhead Rates Could Be at Disadvantage under NIH Plan.

Cordes, Colleen

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ERIC Number: EJ431492

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Publication Date: 1991

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Universities Charging High Overhead Rates Could Be at Disadvantage under NIH Plan.

Cordes, Colleen

Chronicle of Higher Education, v37 n48 pA1,19 Aug 14 1991

Under a new cost-management plan at the National Institutes of Health, overhead rates charged on research grants, as part of the total project cost, could be a determining factor on "marginal" proposals. Some feel universities will learn to be more economical; others feel the policy penalizes one group of universities. (MSE)

Descriptors: Competition, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Grants, Higher Education, Operating Expenses, Public Agencies, Research Administration

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