limiting overhead costs based on the ratio of scientists and teachers vs administrators and salary distributions? Why don’t they cap the number of people each university can have applying for grants to decrease competition enough to maintain stable careers?
Germany does this. They hire a set number of people at C1, C2, C3, C4 and fund them. They don’t make research an open competition that really encourages fraud.
I haven’t read enough about the German system, but I’ve heard something along the lines of more reliable funding later in their careers too. Not sure if it’s quite the endowment system I imagine or some other mechanism. Definitely something I should read more into.
Germany does this. They hire a set number of people at C1, C2, C3, C4 and fund them. They don’t make research an open competition that really encourages fraud.
I haven’t read enough about the German system, but I’ve heard something along the lines of more reliable funding later in their careers too. Not sure if it’s quite the endowment system I imagine or some other mechanism. Definitely something I should read more into.