Honest question. What is the definition of "indirect"? Does it include any direct study costs, or is it entirely to support university administration infrastructure like payroll, utilities, etc.?
They are research-related costs that are not tied to specific, individual projects (e.g., staff in the grants office, facilities that are used across projects, IT infrastructure that allows multiple projects to run, etc.).
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Thanks. Seems that some indirect could more directly relate to some projects than others. Blanket ~50% does feel excessive. Payroll, grant staff, central admin, basic IT, etc. may be universally allocable, but research labs, advanced computing, etc should be attributed based on usage?
I don’t think that’s necessarily unreasonable! And could be where we’re headed. But making this big of a change overnight (while simultaneously planning to cut scientific funding) is not going to be good. https://bsky.app/profile/riacton.bsky.social/post/3lhpbypbdzc2o
Agreed. The chaos and uncertainty is obviously intentional. It's a basic ploy to grab power and get grantees to submit to new ground rules. The next frontier will be seeing NIH funded junk science research projects from T***p University.
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