Executive Order 14222, intended to enhance efficiency and transparency and reduce costs in federally funded research, has instead imposed significant new...
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Financial research accounting, management, and billing activities are subject to various and evolving requirements. COGR assesses and reports on significant changes, as well as advocating for practical requirements that provide effective safeguards without undue administrative burden.
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Points to Consider for Reimbursement of Expenses Under Active Grants (V.2): Framework for Navigating the 2025 Administration Transition
Changes to federal payment systems, processes, and requirements implementing
Updated: Costing Points to Consider for Terminations and Suspensions (V.2)
Communications from federal agencies about terminations and suspensions are inconsistent with each other and often with sponsor policies and Uniform Guidance.&…
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Multi Association Letter to House and Senate Leaders on Research Relief
The letter to Congressional leaders urges the inclusion of $26 billion in supplemental funding for federal science agencies in the next pandemic relief package. The authors, representing major higher education and research associations, emphasize that COVID-19 has severely disrupted federally funded research, particularly harming early-career researchers, and existing relief funds do not cover the
Droegemeier Full Written Testimony
Dr. Kelvin K. Droegemeier's testimony provides a thorough historical and analytical overview of facilities and administrative (F&A) costs—also known as indirect costs or overhead—in the context of NIH-funded research at U.S. academic institutions. He explains that both direct and F&A costs are essential and real costs associated with university-based research. The F&A framework, w
Associations Oppose Cuts to NIH Budget
COGR joined with over 100 other organizations Monday on
Written Testimony: Examining the Overhead Cost of Research
In his testimony before the House Subcommittees on Research and Technology and Oversight, James D. Luther, Associate Vice President of Finance at Duke University, discusses the critical role and financial mechanisms of the federal-university research partnership, focusing particularly on the overhead or facilities and administrative (F&A) costs of research. Luther emphasizes that universities
Oral Testimony: Examining the Overhead Cost of Research
Mr. James D. Luther, Associate Vice President of Finance at Duke University and Board Chair for the Council on Governmental Relations, presented an oral testimony before the House Subcommittee on Research and Technology and the Subcommittee on Oversight regarding the overhead costs—known as Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs—incurred in federally funded academic research. He emphasized
