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"... but for those that excel at research, especially in STEM, its a more or less voluntary choice how much time and effort they choose to put into the teaching
by kkylin 9y ago
"... but for those that excel at research, especially in STEM, its a more or less voluntary choice how much time and effort they choose to put into the teaching part of the university."
This is highly field dependent. I'm on the math faculty at a public research university. The bulk of research funding in mathematics comes from the NSF, which generally does not buy out teaching (so most of us have no choice but to teach a full load). Not saying this is a bad thing -- there are aspects of teaching I really enjoy -- but the statement above is not quite accurate for fields like mathematics. Similarly, most of our graduate students are TAs most of the time, except when they have an external fellowship or when their advisor happens to have a grant to support them.
- Fomite 9y agoThis. It's really only the NIH that's systematically designed around full-time research. Coming from that tradition into some more NSF funded proposals, it's a little jarring at times to have to remember that they're inherently assuming you're at least a majority hard money, and covering something like 25% effort is "I'm done" instead of "A nice start."