Indirect Costs
Indirect costs, or overhead, are the expenses that support research without being tied to a single project, such as facilities, administration and utilities, usually funded as a percentage of direct costs.
How a funder treats indirect costs materially affects a grant's real value, so the rate and rules need to be defined clearly in the program's terms.
Related terms
The newest terms we've added, the words teams managing grants, sponsorship, and CSR come across most often.
Research Output
Research outputs are the tangible results a funded project produces, such as publications, datasets, patents or tools, and are a primary measure of a grant's return.
Capturing outputs against each grant lets a funder demonstrate the knowledge and value its funding generated, well beyond simply tracking how money was spent.
Ethics Approval
Ethics approval is formal confirmation, usually from an ethics committee or institutional review board, that a research project meets accepted standards for the treatment of participants, data and welfare.
Funders often require evidence of ethics approval before releasing funds, making it a checkpoint that grant management needs to record and verify.
Call for Proposals
A call for proposals is a funder's public invitation to submit applications for a defined funding opportunity, stating the theme, eligibility, budget and deadline.
A well-structured call, with clear criteria and an online submission process, attracts relevant applications and makes the subsequent review fair and efficient.
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