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Total Direct Costs (TDC)
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Total Direct Costs (TDC)
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The total of all direct costs of an approved project or activity.
SPA Lifecycle
Principal Investigator Handbook
Pre-Award Shared Services (PASS)
Foreign Government Influence
SPaRC & SPaRC'ed
Acronyms
Glossary