Re:A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn
by superdude264 on Friday January 09, 2015 @08:25PM
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So the university get a portion of each grant someone brings in? This may be naive, but I thought grant money was given to a person/project and that tuition paid for university stuff.
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Re:A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn
by dekhn on Friday January 09, 2015 @10:19PM
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Yes, universities get an extra amount over the requested amount; it's negotiated between the U and the funding agency and is called "overhead". It goes into Dean's funds and stuff, part of which supports departmental-level services, as well as many other places.