Direct cost pays for graduate student stipends and tuition in the US. The breakdown of indirect cost is really opaque.

If that’s the case, that can partially explain why the indirect cost is much higher for US universities. Part of the indirect cost is to refund the startup package offered for new PIs.

I am also curious about this. Does Canada have similar startup packages for PI?

You have to count the fact that people work in universities(except for higher up administrators) are systematically underpaid compared to private sectors. Universities have incentives to overstate their costs to support research in order to charge higher overhead fees.

The reason i think the phrase “speciation with gene flow “ is more interesting is that the word “speciation” together with “gene flow” reveals the dilemma. Speciation is a process of divergence while gene flow is a force to homogenize. How does divergence occur with a strong force of homogenizing?

I disagree, speciation with gene flow could occur under non ecological selection(e.g. intrinsic genetic incompatibility). Also speciation with gene flow is way more interesting than speciation under selection.

Hello everyone! I'm Ellen Martinson! I'm an assist prof at University of New Mexico. I study parasitoid wasp venom and galling insects trying to unravel the molecular mechanisms behind species interactions. I'm looking for grad students and a postdoc, so please RT (or whatever the phrase is here)