Aren't university scientists compelled to pass on $1.15 overhead for every $1 of research funding?

To clarify: my estimation of $0.50 per $1.00 is before the money is delivered to the successful bidder, i.e. the cost of getting the money from MoRST to the research organization.

The research…

To extrapolate from the CRI I used to work for — I estimate that it must cost around $0.50 in administration for each $1.00 awarded (which doesn't strike me as very efficient).

Aren't university scientists compelled to pass on $1.15 overhead for every $1 of research funding? I guess it's…

Thanks to everybody for their kind words... they are *very* much appreciated.

Stephen Judd wrote:

I for one…

1) Estate agent
2) Accountant
3) Lawyer
4) Local politician

Are there any productive professions that could go in there?

And lets talk about the money – I have a PhD and 15 years experience and I get paid less than a kindy teacher. And the job prospects.

i got out of academe for that exact reason. i now get to do actual research instead of being a teaching engine,…

knock twice if you're still in the house and can hear us!!

twice!!

For those of you who are RSS enabled I'd be interested to learn if this works for you (I've been using netvibes as my reader).

http://feed43.com/3182016436744535.xml

Should let David out so he can respond actually.

I concur with Che's heroic retreat. Step slowly away from the internet Juha....No sudden movements.....Nice & slow.....Go quietly and you won't get hurt.

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nice one there juha...

on the other hand, you could always ghost write this for me.

so far it's pretty average.

"No, Haywood. You're this stupid," I said, sinking my boot hard…

someone once said a writer is an actor who's too lazy to wait tables

Nice- or as in "too lazy to work, too nervous to steal."
Yeah, it's just the jealousy of the wannabe writer.

but really, congrats David. good for you for following something you enjoy and leaving something that just saps your life away. even if it doesn't work out at least you won't…

that's what my friends with 'proper' jobs keep suggesting...

'proper' jobs of course being a euphemistic term for work performed by those without one or more of the following:

Creative talent.
Guts to earn a living out of their creative talents.
Lack of success in earning a living from their…

but I bet I would still exhibit the motions of beer-drinking even if my head were removed (which might be an interesting experiment to try sometime).

That does sound like it needs to be tried. And anything else that seems to demonstrate some kind of behavioural relationship between Kiwi males…

Just trying to help here.

At least being a Dr., Steve, you can write with authority on just about anything.

Anyway, welcome to the world of capitalist piggery, brother.

In short, good luck.

"Freelance writer" – isn't that a euphemism for....

I fear it might be. Or, at least, that's what my friends with 'proper' jobs keep suggesting...

Emma Hart wrote:

One assumes, however, that your near-mummified hands still perform their lift, tilt, and pour functions?

If you're implying that…

Although I suppose buying cheese would suffice, so long as you go to an actual cheese shop.

If it's a deadline week, that means driving to Barry's Bay.

Word-whoring is indeed a dangerous profession. I am slowly becoming chair-shaped, though my ability to procrastinate is now bordering on super-human.

Stacey Gregg and I once agreed, on meeting at the fish market, that buying fish is a particularly pleasing form of procrastination for the professional writer. It just works.…

One assumes, however, that your near-mummified hands still perform their lift, tilt, and pour functions?

Several people have emailed me to ask if I was serious in this explanation of last week's post.

Let me be the first to enquire then if you are not serious in your explanation of last week's post.

Hopefully that should address some of the imbalance in the cosmic forces…