Millions in research at UW could be at risk in Trump budget proposal - Katherine Long, Seattle Times

For more than a decade, the University of Washington has used federal research funding to help finance a $1.1 billion building boom in labs and research offices — 15 buildings in all. But now the Trump administration is talking of sharply curtailing the overhead costs that can be included in research grants. Those so-called “indirect” costs cover salaries of hundreds of staffers who help with research support — and constructing new lab and office space. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/millions-in-research-overhead-at-uw-could-be-at-risk-in-trump-budget-proposal/