My daughter is a PhD student who was part of a team that won an NIH grant last year -- it was cancelled yesterday. They put in a crazy amount of work to win it. But there was an element of relief to this outcome, because after they won the grant, the university rolled in and basically said "great job! Now hand it over", grabbing a bunch of the money and insisting on major changes, including changing the NGO partner from the one that had partnered with them on the grant to one that has deep ties to the university. The PI has been wrestling with the situation for months and was considering leaving for another institution to try to reclaim control over the project -- not a problem anymore.
Just a bit more anecdata that when big money is involved, the "good" institutions are often oriented around making more of it as much as whatever their ostensible purpose is.
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My daughter is a PhD student who was part of a team that won an NIH grant last year -- it was cancelled yesterday. They put in a crazy amount of work to win it. But there was an element of relief to this outcome, because after they won the grant, the university rolled in and basically said "great job! Now hand it over", grabbing a bunch of the money and insisting on major changes, including changing the NGO partner from the one that had partnered with them on the grant to one that has deep ties to the university. The PI has been wrestling with the situation for months and was considering leaving for another institution to try to reclaim control over the project -- not a problem anymore.
Just a bit more anecdata that when big money is involved, the "good" institutions are often oriented around making more of it as much as whatever their ostensible purpose is.