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nxobject on April 15, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: How the U.S. became a science superpower

What “outcome” would meet your standards for justifiable research spending? Is a 26% cap on the percentage that indirects can go to all administration - all staff apart from researcher hours directly dedicated to the project - a sufficient “outcome”?

rayiner on April 15, 2025 [–]

I’m talking about the part where he talks about the government funding indirects specifically, not the research funding in general.

> A key component of this U.S. research ecosystem was the genius of the indirect cost reimbursement system

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