Re: Impact of Indirect Cost Distribution on PIs Young, Katherine S 28 Mar 2013 20:23 EST
Well said, Charles! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 28, 2013, at 8:21 PM, "Charles Hathaway" <xxxxxx@EINSTEIN.YU.EDU<mailto:xxxxxx@EINSTEIN.YU.EDU>> wrote: I'll bet the reason there is no data has something to do with the hypothesis. People are incentivized when they expect something in exchange for an action. In today's funding climate, there is a low chance that applying for a grant will produce a grant, and the IDC reward. Therefore, the return of IDC is not an incentive to apply. People who apply for grants are influenced by the major incentives connected to being funded (ability to do research, prestige, higher salary, tenure, survival, etc). I suggest that the return of IDC is trivial compared to these more essential motivators. Charlie ________________________________ From: Research Administration List [xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org<mailto:xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org>] on behalf of Laurie Treleven [xxxxxx@USFCA.EDU<mailto:xxxxxx@USFCA.EDU>] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:32 PM To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org<mailto:xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org> Subject: [RESADM-L] Impact of Indirect Cost Distribution on PIs Does anyone know if there is a definitive study which proves that giving a percentage of indirect costs back to the PIs is an incentive for them to apply for grants? Seems like an obvious conclusion but I can't find any data to support it. Thanks, Laurie -- Director, Office of Contracts and Grants University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street, Masonic 119 San Francisco, CA 94117-1085 415-422-5368 ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.healthresearch.org (click on the "LISTSERV" link in the upper right corner) A link directly to helpful tips: http://tinyurl.com/resadm-l-help ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.healthresearch.org (click on the "LISTSERV" link in the upper right corner) A link directly to helpful tips: http://tinyurl.com/resadm-l-help ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.healthresearch.org (click on the "LISTSERV" link in the upper right corner) A link directly to helpful tips: http://tinyurl.com/resadm-l-help ======================================================================