tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post1309239727923049412..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: Summer FundingMichael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-46718755002035312292009-02-10T11:08:00.000-05:002009-02-10T11:08:00.000-05:00The new NSF GPG (effective 2009) says that it is m...The new NSF GPG (effective 2009) says that it is moving away from the concept of summer-only support to one of a year-round support (the two month limit remains).<BR/>http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf09_1/gpg_sigchanges.jspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-86180872189110126552009-01-20T11:31:00.000-05:002009-01-20T11:31:00.000-05:00I worked in a lab as an undergrad, and now work fo...I worked in a lab as an undergrad, and now work for a BigDefenseCo Inc. University overhead rates are significantly higher than industry overhead rates on government contracts.<BR/><BR/>You're just in a weird place between industry's obsession with earned value management [discrete task billing], and a lawyer's laissez-faire, "Well, I thought about it while I was on the pot" billing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-5968124745637605672009-01-18T16:39:00.000-05:002009-01-18T16:39:00.000-05:00All of you need to come to Australia, we get paid ...All of you need to come to Australia, we get paid 12 months!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-92200425275107014612009-01-18T08:52:00.000-05:002009-01-18T08:52:00.000-05:00Actually, the issue of summer salary has been alwa...Actually, the issue of summer salary has been always rather unclear to me. Why are the universities as default paying only for 9 months and not for the entire year? There are some subjects (in fact, math including) where almost nobody is getting any external funding, and so these 9 month salary is de facto 12 month salary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com