Probably just people not understanding what an indirect rate means. They think it means the % of the grant that the university takes. So when they hear an indi

Probably just people not understanding what an indirect rate means. They think it means the % of the grant that the university takes. So when they hear an indirect rate of 65%, they think the university is taking 2/3 the money. When in fact, it's about 1/3 due to how it's calculated.