Tim McGeary
Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and Technology
Duke University
Gil Tran
Senior Specialist Leader, Grants Management
Attain Partners (formerly Office of Management & Budget)
Cynthia Hudson Vitale
Associate Dean, Technology Strategy & Digital Services
Johns Hopkins University
Hilary Craiglow
Practice Lead, Library Consulting
Attain Partners
Recent federal policy changes have created unprecedented challenges for research institutions to identify, account for, and recover library expenses that support sponsored research. This briefing will examine federal cost recovery regulations for federally funded research and explore innovative approaches to ensure sustainable support for research-critical library services. The panel will address three dimensions of this issue: policy context, institutional perspectives, and practical solutions. As research institutions navigate reduced federal grant funding and indirect cost recovery while attempting to maintain essential research infrastructure, libraries are uniquely positioned to demonstrate their direct contributions to sponsored research through new institutional partnership models. The briefing will provide an understanding of (1) current federal regulations affecting library cost recovery and anticipated future developments; (2) real-world approaches from research universities for adapting to reduced indirect cost recovery, while supporting the research enterprise at their institution; and (3) strategies for libraries to be solution partners with research administration and finance offices.
