This I support. I think indirect costs of up to 50% are obscene
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Science Magazine
The National Institutes of Health plans to severely cut the percentage of its grant money that can be used for overhead costs rather than research.
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At Navy, the research staff was slim. I often had my proposals pushed to the agency the same day (a few times the same hour!) I finished them. Expenses/reimbs were reviewed at the department level