Dear Colleagues,
In light of NIH action on indirect costs last Friday, I thought it would be useful for you to have the attached FAQ produced by APLU/AAU (well before the current controversy). I have found that this cost is not well understood with many misperceptions.
Pramod P. Khargonekar
Vice Chancellor for Research
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science
160 Aldrich Hall
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697-3175
Tel (949) 824-5796
Fax (949) 824-2095
http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/khargonekar/
frequently-asked-questions-about-facilities-and-administrative-fa-costs-of-federally-sponsored-university-research.pdf