3 ms·
Research grants pay for research equipment. They do not cover student labs in any way.
by ThrowawayR2 5y ago
Research grants pay for research equipment. They do not cover student labs in any way.
- blagie 5y agoYes, they do. (1) Many grants have a mentorship / training / giving-back component. This is one of the merit-based criteria NSF reviews on. (2) Research grants have overhead which feeds back into general budgets. At elite schools, this is about 2/3 of the money. A typical split might be 1/3 to the department, 1/3 to the school, and 1/3 to the project. It's kind of a financial scam. Nominally, these cover buildings and admin time. Practically, these feed into general budgets which do include labs and teaching. Corruptly, a lot of the money gets funnelled in creative ways to improve professor's lives through fancy faculty clubs, get-aways, and in some cases, creative (but legal) embezzlement with money ending in people's pockets.