Indirect Costs Report released
In 2012-13, Memorial University recieved $4.3 million through the Government of Canada Indirect Costs Program. This government program is an annual grant to help universities or colleges pay for a portion of their indirect costs of research.
Indirect costs, also sometimes called overhead, are real charges incurred and borne by the institution that are necessary for the conduct of scholarly research.All research conducted at Memorial incurs indirect costs. These costs include administrative expenditures that are necessary to support research, but that are not always attributable to specific projects.
They can include:
- use, maintenance and upgrading of building space, utilities and libraries;
- technical support of labs, offices and other facilities;
- management and administration of research, procurement and finance, regulatory requirements and research compliance (i.e. research ethics, biohazards certification, animal care etc.);
- hazardous waste disposal;
- occupational safety, campus security; and
- liability insurance.
The indirect costs allocation is calculated based on the amount of funding awarded in the previous fiscal year by federal granting agencies.
Memorial allocates its annual grant based on a formula and distributes the funding to departments, facilities and affiliated organizations where the eligible costs are incurred.
Memorial's 2012-2013 Indirect Costs Report can be downloaded here [pdf].