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I guess it's fairies performing all those calibrations and restocking all those consumables that can't easily be charged to individual projects.
by mlyle 2y ago
I guess it's fairies performing all those calibrations and restocking all those consumables that can't easily be charged to individual projects.
- SJC_Hacker 2y agoThey did jack crap. Anything more complicated than a light-bulb or a toilet that broke, the lab handled it internally somehow (either getting the company to fix it or doing it ourselves). There were a few department-wide resources. Again, ultimately funded off someone (or a bunch of people's) grants
- mlyle 2y agoFunded as indirect costs. The "A" of F&A is capped at 26%. That means any overhead over 26% went to some kind of facilities cost at your lab. (Most private industry informal accounting would call that 26% "20% overhead").