This is because the foundations *supplement* rather than compose the *public* research infrastructure.
Conflating private philanthropy with federal infrastructure support is like confusing road beautification with the federal highway system.
Conflating private philanthropy with federal infrastructure support is like confusing road beautification with the federal highway system.
What are the indirect cost rates on HHMI and the Gates foundation? Non-existent or capped. Yet the institutions accepting these awards still easily survive? What if these IDC rates were capped and then those savings could be repurposed to fund more grants ultimately achieving higher success rates?
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