Grant cap struck a 4th time

BOSTON — A federal court in Massachusetts granted several universities and education associations their motion for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Defense, which imposed a 15% cap on indirect cost rates, i.e. the overhead costs difficult to track and expense to specific projects, for federal research grants. Identical caps have been enjoined three times before and the government did not acknowledge “its apparent illegality” or try to “structure the policy” in a legal manner.