Thank you.
Continuing with you, Mr. Hewitt, grants from the research support fund that help the institutions finance the indirect costs of research are calculated based on the funding that institutions have received in the past. The program provides for higher percentages for institutions that have received less funding.
This mechanism does not apply to the research security component of the fund, and the committee heard that smaller institutions receive small grants.
To be eligible for research security funding, institutions must receive at least $2 million in direct research funding from the granting agencies.
Should this threshold be changed?