This is awesome work! Also, I'm biased, but I'm loving the empirical support for holding conferences in the great lakes region :)
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![DOE’s action, announced at 5 pm on Friday (see policy flash below), is expected to elicit similar criticism from research advocates. “This 15% cap is ill informed,” says Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the top Democrat on the science committee for the U.S. House of Representatives. “It will kneecap research universities' ability to conduct critical research on behalf of the federal government. This Administration seems to be assuming that ‘indirect’ means ‘unnecessary’ – that’s just not true.”
DOE’s directive does contain one new—and puzzling—element. It declares that it will “terminate all grant awards to [academic institutions] that do not conform with this updated policy,” which is effective immediately. “Recipients subject to termination will receive separate notice and guidance,” it adds.
Science lobbyists say they are baffled by that language. DOE awards the indirect costs along with the research grant, so institutions have no control over how much they receive—and therefore no power to violate the new policy, noted one senior administrator, who requested anonymity because they hadn’t had time to fully analyze the policy.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vbo3pbq7drflpiiuny5g72zi/bafkreidaidnrcgdxteo3yd5v4kbn65iovbl42lq4tlxfmlwvh45yq5mqhu)
