A dean at a well-known big school in Texas once told one of us
“We lose money on every R01. We do research because getting great people across the university depends on having research departments that bring in talent.”
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“We lose money on every R01. We do research because getting great people across the university depends on having research departments that bring in talent.”
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Harvard is 69%. Hopkins, Stanford, MIT, similar. Vanderbilt 58%.
A cut to 15% is massive and it is a message to universities: Trump controls you now.
https://finance.cornell.edu/capitalassets/cost/facilities
“F&A Cost Rates: After World War II when the federal government initiated a close partnership with universities in pursuit of the research enterprise, recognition was given to the infrastructure costs needed to support this expensive endeavor…”
Friday night news dump.
Oddly, that’s a bit of a good sign.
The Trump administration is doing it now because they fear public blowback.
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-068.html
The first domino just fell. The other is coming. They should be ready to fight against RFK and the rest of Trump’s nominees now. Call your provost, trustees, and president.
@aacu.org
#AAU
#AMA
National Council of Nonprofits
Who else?
You want us to subscribe to Nature Salami Slice?
We’ll have to cut journals & databases to afford it.
Yes, but usually the donor set up restrictions on those expenditures.
The Class of 1956 didn’t foresee an explosion in ongoing subscription costs, & Mr. Z thought we could never have too many books on Dutch art.