Government Grants: Overhead Rates Are NOT Your Amazon Cart
According to government grant expert Dr. Susan Q.F. Overhead (okay, not her real name, but she might as well be), setting research grant overhead rates isnât as simple as buying a widget on Amazon Prime. Spoiler: Itâs more like negotiating peace treaties between two cats that hate each other. The federal grant world agonizes over rates covering indirect costsâoffice space, snacks, janitors who mysteriously appear only during auditsâbecause unlike a widget, you canât just slap a barcode on it. Dr. Overhead insists it requires detailed cost analysis, policy review, and a PhD in Thanks-For-Coming-But-No-You-Donât-Get-More-Money, making getting those overhead rates set feel like trying to explain Bitcoin to your grandma in 1999.
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When the government says 'setting grant overhead rates,' they really mean 'letâs turn simple math into an international soap opera starring accountants and ghost janitors.' Itâs not a widget, itâs a twilight zone episode with paperwork.
Grant overhead rates: because who doesnât enjoy mixing bureaucracy with a splash of existential dread and a dash of cost-accounting voodoo? Spoiler alert: your coffee money isnât coming out of pocket, itâs a âresearch expense.â
Trying to buy research overhead like a widget is like ordering a cheeseburger but getting a lecture on molecular gastronomy. Welcome to government grants: where simplicity goes to die in Excel sheets.
Source: Statnews | Published: 9/26/2025 | Author: Jonathan Wosen
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