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We host a scientific symposium, and we cover travel costs for all of our invited speakers, including industry representatives that we invite as part of the scientific program.
Hi Guy, we don’t pay any indirects, and have not encountered this issue. We’ve received applications from some of the institutions you list above, although as you note there could be differences across departments. We tend to fund smaller, early career awards- perhaps the amount of the award, and therefore the potential indirect amount, is another factor institutions consider.
Hi Ryan, we’re seeing the same thing at CurePSP- our two grant programs, a student fellowship program and an early career investigator program, have seen increasing numbers, about double where they were in previous cycles.
Based on conversations I’ve had with a few other HRA members, this seems to be a common trend. ProposalCentral, the grant submission portal used by many HRA members, mentioned they’ve seen an increase in submissions across the board.
I’ll be interested to hear from others as to how much of an increase they are seeing, and if they are considering any changes to future cycles because of the increase (for example, changing eligibility, narrowing the scope of the RFA, etc).
CurePSP does not pay indirects. We do allow salary/fringe. We are not considering changing our indirect policy at this time.
To your question about reclassifying indirect/direct:
We’ve never had a formal list of what we count as indirect- however, we tend to be very inclusive about allowing expenses that are related to the proposed project. The institutions themselves likely have more restrictions than we do on what they would allow their PIs to shuffle between direct/indirect given they formally calculate their federal IDC rates based on including certain items as indirects.
One example to share- we had a grantee express concern that their animal behavior facilities were included as part of the institution’s overhead/F&A. If federal indirects got cut, the grantee was worried this facility would be impacted and compromise their proposed study.
CurePSP would be comfortable providing part of the grant’s budget for the grantee’s usage of the facility for the proposed work, however, the grantee noted that their institution likely would not allow that since it’s considered indirect.
Of course, that could all change if the federal IDC rates see a huge change in amount or structure.
-Jennifer
Jennifer Brummet, PhD
Director of Scientific Affairs and Partnerships
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