Tag: grant award

Science, Research, the Sequester, and History

A Few Rambling Thoughts The scientific community was very vocal about the sequester if activities of my Twitter feed and hashtag searches are any indication.  This blog gives a solid and concise summary of the expected cuts.  What does this mean for scientific research?  The short answer is fewer grants to fewer investigators.  New investigators …

Research Grants and Operating Costs:

The Mystery Revealed In the business world, operating expenses cover just about everything required to run a business.  There are plenty of websites with examples of operating expenses out there in cyberspace.  Some types of operating expenses are general ones, but others are exclusively administrative.   These distinctions can get murky in a college or university …