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Unless science funding is different in the US, and as far as I know it is not, he cannot spend it on personal things. The worst he could do is buy himself some
by tensor 13y ago
Unless science funding is different in the US, and as far as I know it is not, he cannot spend it on personal things. The worst he could do is buy himself some computers "for research" then use them for only for personal use, or give them to family. Purchases still need to go through the university. Sometimes grant money even has restrictions on this, e.g. it can be used only for students.
He most likely did this to get more resources for research work. E.g. it was motivated by a desire for fame and status.
- Fomite 13y agoYeah, this is likely much less about "stuff" as much as keeping an active lab going, securing tenure, bright, big publications etc.
- ssmoot 13y agoReading the thread sibling responses, it seems plausible you could get around that? (I'm just a lay-person.) I mean, you pay the University $XX for "misc facilities and support". That goes into the school's fund. Later, the Dean gives you a "completely unrelated and coincidental" Xmas bonus of $X. Also out of the school's fund. It's not grant money at that point. It's from a general discretionary fund that just happens to get deposits for services provided to grant based science. So... money laundering basically I guess?