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Some funding sources, such as the Department of Agriculture, tend to pay lower rates, with perhaps a 30 percent premium going to indirect costs.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2025
It's thought to cost the U.S. about $56.5 billion a year in direct and indirect costs, the study authors note.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
The council approved the salary deal in November with a 23 percent pay increase across five years, adding about $76 million for salary increases, pensions and indirect costs.
—Dua Anjum, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
Being the first to market provides a big opportunity, given that annual infections of the virus cost the global economy around $60 billion, including both direct healthcare costs as well as indirect costs such as productivity losses.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2025
It's thought to cost the U.S. about $56.5 billion a year in direct and indirect costs, the study authors note.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
The council approved the salary deal in November with a 23 percent pay increase across five years, adding about $76 million for salary increases, pensions and indirect costs.
—Dua Anjum, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
Being the first to market provides a big opportunity, given that annual infections of the virus cost the global economy around $60 billion, including both direct healthcare costs as well as indirect costs such as productivity losses.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Indirect cost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indirect%20cost. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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