[LINK] In Retirement on this thread - Was - The meaning of

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:51 AM 29/06/2012, Gordon Keith wrote:

>Question: what percentage of a scientists time do you think is spent 
>trying to
>get funding for the work they do (I mean scientists in general not just
>climate scientists)?

My guess would be at least 50% and when the grant is approved (in the 
US university system at least) there is a substantial amount tacked 
on that goes into the University general fund that doesn't go 
directly to the project itself.

I went looking for a figure.
http://postaward.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Basic/BASIC%20SLIDES_Fall04.ppt
This is a bit dated, but I would be fairly sure it's accurate. It's 
from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Note slide 20. On campus 
research charges 55%, off-campus 26%, on campus training grants, 
52.1, off campus 36%. There is a budget example on slide 23.

Jan



Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
jwhit at janwhitaker.com
blog: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/
business: http://www.janwhitaker.com

Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or 
sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.
~Madeline L'Engle, writer

_ __________________ _