Overhead Rates: Impact on Research Applications Success

Autor/in	Boyce, Lisa A.
Titel	Overhead Rates: Impact on Research Applications Success
Quelle	In: Journal of Research Administration, 52 (2021) 2, S.128-139 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Boyce, Lisa A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-1590
Schlagwörter	Costs; Financial Support; Research Proposals; Research Administration; Research Universities; Foreign Countries; Expenditures; Grants; Success; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cost; Kosten; Finanzielle Förderung; Forschungsgegenstand; Forschungsadministration; Forschungseinrichtung; Ausland; Ausgaben; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Erfolg; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of overhead rates on research application award success. The pressure to maximize overheads to fund the indirect costs associated with operating a research-intensive university and the perception that higher overhead rates disadvantage research proposals create an unhealthy tension between research administrators and faculty. Statistical analyses of four years of banded overhead rates and publicly available funder award data across seven UK universities identified no significant relationship between overhead rates and success by number or value. The results provide objective evidence to inform discussions and decisions regarding adjusting or waiving overheads. The UK results may generalize to the US to the extent comparisons of overhead practices are similar, though further US-focused research is needed. While the study limitations are acknowledged, the empirical examination of overhead rates contribute to the scientific and applied understanding of the relationship with research grant awards. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01