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Comment author: shminux 27 May 2012 04:27:01PM *  6 points [-]

Here is a comparison with a real funding agency, American Educational Research Association:

Awards Awards for Research Grants are up to $20,000 for 1-year projects, or up to $35,000 for 2-year projects. In accordance with AERA's agreement with the funding agencies, institutions may not charge indirect costs or overhead on these awards. Approximately 15 Research Grants will be awarded per year.

Reporting requirements All Research Grantees will be required to submit a brief (3-6 pages) progress report mid-way through the grant period. A final report will be submitted at the end of the grant period. The final report should be an article based on the proposed research and of the quality and in the format for submission to a journal for publication.

Note that they do not even require a publication, only a submission.

Comment author: ciphergoth 28 May 2012 10:54:13AM 2 points [-]

Hang on, is this document saying that they expect to be able to completely cover the salary costs and expenses of a full-time academic, for two years, for $35,000? That can't be right. Can anyone help?

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 28 May 2012 04:14:51PM *  5 points [-]

Academics apply for multiple grants, and their salary is partly supported by each grant (and also by a salary they draw from the University they are affiliated with for teaching classes). Universities also "tax" grants at 50%+ rates.

For example, it is not uncommon to be supported by 5-6 grants each covering a bit less than 20% of your salary. The rough idea is if a grant covers X% of your salary, you will generally spend X% of your time working on the research covered by this grant.

Comment author: ciphergoth 28 May 2012 07:08:34PM 0 points [-]

OK, thank you! So now I really can't work out what this tells us about the SI grant.

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