Heritage’s Project 2025 says “Congress should cap the indirect cost rate paid to universities…”
CONGRESS.
Even Heritage assumed this couldn’t be done arbitrarily by the executive.
(Also, aren’t there contracts here? Can one party simply change the terms?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/08/nih-cuts-billions-dollars-biomedical-funding-effective-immediately/
CONGRESS.
Even Heritage assumed this couldn’t be done arbitrarily by the executive.
(Also, aren’t there contracts here? Can one party simply change the terms?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/08/nih-cuts-billions-dollars-biomedical-funding-effective-immediately/
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The amount of misunderstanding of why these costs are what they are (the percentages are mandated by the government to the universities based on audits) over on twitter is amazing.
BOTH sides of the aisle need to STAND UP NOW
of course there is usually a price to be paid by the breaching party determined by litigation usually to the detriment of the breaching party.
2021: "Contractor Lien on Tesla’s ‘Gigafactory ..." https://www.levelset.com/news/contractor-lien-on-tesla-gigafactory-texas/
2016: https://apnews.com/article/10bbe40a86774bac9ad1fbd3a936c808
Musk did not give it to Congress, he doesn't care about Congress. He just wants the info and put his trackers in the operating systems
https://www.usaspending.gov/
https://www.aau.edu/sites/default/files/AAU-Files/Key-Issues/Research-Administration-Regulation/Costs-of-Research/Costs-of-Research-FAQ-AAU-2.pdf