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Re:U Pittsburgh pauses all PhD admissions amid DOGE funding ... by SJC_Hacker on Saturday February 22, 2025 @11:04PM (#43146397)
They did jack crap. Anything more complicated than a light-bulb or a toilet that broke, the lab handled it internally somehow (either getting the company to fix it or doing it ourselves).

There were a few department-wide resources. Again, ultimately funded off someone (or a bunch of people's) grants

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Re:U Pittsburgh pauses all PhD admissions amid DOGE funding ... by mlyle on Sunday February 23, 2025 @01:15PM (#43151561)
Funded as indirect costs.

The "A" of F&A is capped at 26%.

That means any overhead over 26% went to some kind of facilities cost at your lab.

(Most private industry informal accounting would call that 26% "20% overhead").

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