Blackbaud

JUNE 20, 2025

Organizations that have significant indirect costs and earn federal funding can negotiate a higher indirect cost rate, or Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA), with their agency of record. It also includes any legal fees as well as insurance and general office management, like copy paper and ink for the printer.

Indirect Cost

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Grants Transparency Act complements the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act passed in 2019. The GREAT Act requires that federal grant recipients establish and use data standards for information reported to funding agencies. It does not appear that the data elements have been finalized. What does other factors mean?

Federal Grants

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

Or my favorite—when one organization has a NICRA (Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement) of 47% while the other three organizations use the 10% de minimus rate, and this causes a stir. I hate collaboration. There, I said it. So, what have I done in these situations? Have there been multiple instances where this was effective?

Indirect Cost

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

In addition, we hope you’ll share in the comment section any tips you have for finding research funding. This post is lengthy. To make it easier to navigate the content, we've outlined the post below, hyperlinking each section heading to the relevant part of the article. Isn't Project Evaluation Research? Isn't Project Evaluation Research?

Funding