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> What better way Open up all federal grants -- especially NSF grants -- to anyone with credentials or experience necessary to PI (so, a PhD or equivalent indu
by ke88y 3y ago
> What better way
Open up all federal grants -- especially NSF grants -- to anyone with credentials or experience necessary to PI (so, a PhD or equivalent industry experience). Broaden the reviewer pool so that each panel is at least 51% non-Professor expert citizens.
I can do a LOT of advising and conduct a LOT of research with close to 0% overhead. But most NSF grants are only possible to get if you attach yourself to a university, and at that point it's just not worth the effort. Everyone loses, except for the academic industry, which gets heinously immoral labor laws exceptions so that TT professors and admins can retire-in-place on the taxpayer's dime in their mid 30s.
What possible actual reason does the NSF have for requiring research work to be done at universities?
- ModernMech 3y ago> I can do a LOT of advising and conduct a LOT of research with close to 0% overhead. Spoken like someone whose never done research. I’d love to hear what kind of research you think you can do at 0% overhead. No one can do anything at 0% overhead, are you serious?
- justinclift 3y agoHave you considered doing an MBA? :)