Unsurprisingly it appears the universities with the most advanced facilities/equipment and are therefore able to conduct the most advanced research have the highest overhead rates.
I would love to see a breakdown of what overhead is going to pay for that "most advanced facilities/equipment" and what is paying for the assistant to the assistant vice provost to hire a new assistant.
As someone who interacts with R1 research institutions as an adjunct and a prime contractor hiring professors as subs, they are far from efficient (like any large organization). My issue is that the people who are producing the actual value are paid and treated pretty poorly generally, and treated as cattle specifically by people whose contributions to anything of substance are extremely unclear but are quite well paid.
I would love to see a breakdown of what overhead is going to pay for that "most advanced facilities/equipment" and what is paying for the assistant to the assistant vice provost to hire a new assistant.
As someone who interacts with R1 research institutions as an adjunct and a prime contractor hiring professors as subs, they are far from efficient (like any large organization). My issue is that the people who are producing the actual value are paid and treated pretty poorly generally, and treated as cattle specifically by people whose contributions to anything of substance are extremely unclear but are quite well paid.