Title 41, Public ContractsRelease 119-102
§4708 Payment of Reimbursable Indirect Costs in Cost-type Research and Development Contracts with Educational Institutions
Title 41 › Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy › CHAPTER 47 — MISCELLANEOUS › § 4708
Summary
Cost-type R&D contracts or grants may let agencies pay educational institutions indirect costs using fixed-percentage rates applied to total or part of the direct costs.
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Title 41, §4708
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A cost-type research and development contract (including a grant) with a university, college, or other educational institution may provide for payment of reimbursable indirect costs on the basis of predetermined fixed-percentage rates applied to the total of the reimbursable direct costs incurred or to an element of the total of the reimbursable direct costs incurred.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 470841:254a.Pub. L. 87–638, Sept. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 437. The words “On and after September 5, 1962” are omitted as obsolete.
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41 U.S.C. § 4708
Title 41, Public Contracts
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102