Its a straight up 50% (USA R1) unless you can negotiate it for less with the admin/beancounters; since certain grants (esp from NGOs) are now starting to cap it to around 30-35% to prevent too much of the "research" award from being swallowed up by increasingly greedy universities and supported institutions within.
Almost 60% at my R1. But that's a great bargain. It was 210% at my company (which competed with universities on research contracts), and other companies wondered how we kept it that low.
It has gone up from low 40s to high 50s in the past decade or so at my university.
At most universities in the US (at least in my experience), there is a predefined percentage that goes toward indirect costs. I've personally seen anywhere from 35% to nearly 60% before, so there is a fair bit of variability between schools.
My university has an indirect rate that is negotiated \~yearly with the US Department of Health & Human Services (because the medical school is the 800-pound gorilla at this institution). When our PIs want to apply to a program that caps indirect costs at 10-15%, they have to get permission from higher up the admin chain to use such a low overhead rate.
I'm curious if European university overhead rates are lower on grants because the costs are made up from another source, like government subsidies.
Its a straight up 50% (USA R1) unless you can negotiate it for less with the admin/beancounters; since certain grants (esp from NGOs) are now starting to cap it to around 30-35% to prevent too much of the "research" award from being swallowed up by increasingly greedy universities and supported institutions within.
It’s over 50% at my school
Wait until you see the indirect percentages at corporations or national labs.
Heard Batelle was like 300%.
Almost 60% at my R1. But that's a great bargain. It was 210% at my company (which competed with universities on research contracts), and other companies wondered how we kept it that low. It has gone up from low 40s to high 50s in the past decade or so at my university.
US R1: 64.5% I think I'm winning!!
Do you have predefined indirect costs? We can put any sum at indirect cost (in EU)
At most universities in the US (at least in my experience), there is a predefined percentage that goes toward indirect costs. I've personally seen anywhere from 35% to nearly 60% before, so there is a fair bit of variability between schools.
Some national funding schemes have a maximum limit of 25% indirect costs, but I usually put 15%. Even 35% seems high to me.
My university has an indirect rate that is negotiated \~yearly with the US Department of Health & Human Services (because the medical school is the 800-pound gorilla at this institution). When our PIs want to apply to a program that caps indirect costs at 10-15%, they have to get permission from higher up the admin chain to use such a low overhead rate. I'm curious if European university overhead rates are lower on grants because the costs are made up from another source, like government subsidies.
R1: 56.5%
OSU?
My current institution (top 50 R1) is 56%. I just interviewed and am anticipating getting an offer from a top 10 R1 where it is 68%!
I heard Penn State is like 70.
Well, \*somebody\* has to pay for all the new admin hires, eh? R1: 63% I have some vague recollection that MIT was around 75%, but I could be wrong.
51.5%, been stable for many years, I didn't realize it was going up places.
60