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Andrew Bennett (he/him)
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Important thread - if you want to calculate for your own institution I made a little webapp: arbennett.github.io/nih_overhead...

Results for University of Arizona:
Screenshot of example of the NIH Overhead Rate Impact Calculator for University of Arizona. Total NIH Funding: 218588000 Current Overhead Rate: 53.5% Financial Impact Analysis When current level of direct costs are maintained Calculated as: directCosts = totalFunding / (1+oldRate) newTotalFunding = directCosts * (1+newRate) loss = newTotalFunding - directCosts New Total NIH Funding $163,762,997 New Overhead Amount (15%) $21,360,391 Total Loss $54,825,003 When current overhead is reallocated to direct costs (unlikely) Calculated as: loss = total * ((1 - 1/oldRate) - 1 - 1/newRate) Or in simplified terms: loss = (total/newRate) - (total/oldRate) Current Overhead Amount $76,185,394 New Overhead Amount (15%) $28,511,478 Total Loss $47,673,916
February 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM