The path forward is better selection of impactful grants, better selection of PIs with integrity and competence, and the dismantling of the cabal of peer review funding!!
Cutting “administrative” Indirects is a direct hit on dismantling that bureaucracy.
Letting PIs take over the spending of indirects is most likely to be effective in propelling impactful research forward, AND for researchers to have a greater say in the direction of research institutes.
The path forward is better selection of impactful grants, better selection of PIs with integrity and competence, and the dismantling of the cabal of peer review funding!!
Cutting “administrative” Indirects is a direct hit on dismantling that bureaucracy.
Letting PIs take over the spending of indirects is most likely to be effective in propelling impactful research forward, AND for researchers to have a greater say in the direction of research institutes.