Kevin That's sad, and the reality. I am a tenured full professor and well paid personally  (since part of my field is computing) but the grants we get are a struggle.  The entire model rests on poorly paid grad students and postdocs (of which I was one). The largest grants won't allow high salaries and even if it did, it becomes an issue of having two grad students or one moderately well paid programmer for 100K. But this is my passion. I try not to take on any mentees who don't come with their own funding so my grant writing (responsibility) is minimal. In my view, 50%+ or more grants should be funded, but milestone driven. When people meet milestones, then the next tranche can be released.   Right now the odds of getting a  NIH grant is like 1/10.

Kevin That's sad, and the reality. I am a tenured full professor and well paid personally  (since part of my field is computing) but the grants we get are a struggle.  The entire model rests on poorly paid grad students and postdocs (of which I was one). The largest grants won't allow high salaries and even if it did, it becomes an issue of having two grad students or one moderately well paid programmer for 100K. But this is my passion. I try not to take on any mentees who don't come with their own funding so my grant writing (responsibility) is minimal. In my view, 50%+ or more grants should be funded, but milestone driven. When people meet milestones, then the next tranche can be released.   Right now the odds of getting a  NIH grant is like 1/10.

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