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Old 05-01-2010, 10:12 PM   #432
flounder
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Originally Posted by molson View Post
I know nothing about academia, but don't research grants have to be spent on specific research? It's not profit for the school, like athletic revenue can be.

Schools get a cut of all research grants for overhead. Plus a lot of the money goes to pay professors' salaries, saving the school more.
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