Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Since the end of World War II, the federal government has partnered with academic institutions like UCSF to fund research that's vital to the public's health and well-being, primarily through grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Recently, questions have surfaced at the federal level about the importance of the portion of NIH grants that contribute to the shared resources required for scientific research. These "facilities and administration" (F&A) costs, or "indirect" costs, support core facilities shared across many research labs, as well as the people and facilities needed to maintain world-class research. Here's how F&A affects science and research.
—Read more about F&A http://tiny.ucsf.edu/qq8M7A.
UPDATED April 2025
Since the end of World War II, the federal government has partnered with academic institutions like UCSF to fund research that's vital to the public's health and well-being, primarily through grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Recently, questions have surfaced at the federal level about the importance of the portion of NIH grants that contribute to the shared resources required for scientific research. These "facilities and administration" (F&A) costs, or "indirect" costs, support core facilities shared across many research labs, as well as the people and facilities needed to maintain world-class research. Here's how F&A affects science and research.
—Read more about F&A http://tiny.ucsf.edu/qq8M7A.
UPDATED April 2025
