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Cap on overheads may put universities off defence

Nature volume 450, page 332 (2007)Cite this article

The US Congress has set a limit on overhead expenses for research done at universities on behalf of the Department of Defense.

The provision, approved in a final version of the defence-spending bill on 8 November, says that no more than 35% of research funding can be spent on costs such as maintenance and utilities. The bill now goes to President Bush to be signed into law.

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