Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH
@felicityenders.bsky.social
Professor of #Biostatistics @MayoClinic. Health Outcome Population Engineering, #HiddenCurriculum for #Research, and Population Conscious Analysis. Mom of 2xBipedal, 1xCanine. Love to cook, camp, sing. Love trees.
Views are my own, not my employer’s.
Views are my own, not my employer’s.
NOTE: US contractors are currently using mirrors that collect energy, which does nothing to reflect heat to space.
August 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NOTE: US contractors are currently using mirrors that collect energy, which does nothing to reflect heat to space.
MEER uses mirrors on roofs to reflect sunlight back to space in a format through which is does not heat the atmosphere.
Dr. Ye Tao is also working on housing materials using bamboo to sequester carbon. He’s a visionary.
Dr. Ye Tao is also working on housing materials using bamboo to sequester carbon. He’s a visionary.
August 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
MEER uses mirrors on roofs to reflect sunlight back to space in a format through which is does not heat the atmosphere.
Dr. Ye Tao is also working on housing materials using bamboo to sequester carbon. He’s a visionary.
Dr. Ye Tao is also working on housing materials using bamboo to sequester carbon. He’s a visionary.
And now all are cut to a max of 15%
February 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
And now all are cut to a max of 15%
Each institution has a separate indirect rate developed through what I understand to be a highly rigorous process. They vary widely. 25% would be quite low; indirects for big research institutions are typically in the range of 58% to 70%.
February 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Each institution has a separate indirect rate developed through what I understand to be a highly rigorous process. They vary widely. 25% would be quite low; indirects for big research institutions are typically in the range of 58% to 70%.
The thing is, cutting indirects doesn’t just hurt research institutions.
Research institutions are the nexus of medical innovation.
Companies have to demonstrate something has a high chance of success to justify work, so they depend on this nexus.
And…
Research institutions are the nexus of medical innovation.
Companies have to demonstrate something has a high chance of success to justify work, so they depend on this nexus.
And…
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
February 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Here’s info on how “indirects” work.
Ignore the link she gives - that’s just a citation.
Instead, read her replies, which describe indirects in normal-people-language.
bsky.app/profile/mega...
Ignore the link she gives - that’s just a citation.
Instead, read her replies, which describe indirects in normal-people-language.
bsky.app/profile/mega...
For those curious about the purpose of “indirects,” I suggest this FAQ from AAU (thread to follow).
In the lingo of Musk et al - BLOF = this hurts economies, employment, science, & health. 🧵
www.aau.edu/key-issues/f...
In the lingo of Musk et al - BLOF = this hurts economies, employment, science, & health. 🧵
www.aau.edu/key-issues/f...
Frequently Asked Questions about Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs of Federally Sponsored University Research | Association of American Universities (AAU)
Responses to common questions about F&A costs of research
www.aau.edu
February 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Here’s info on how “indirects” work.
Ignore the link she gives - that’s just a citation.
Instead, read her replies, which describe indirects in normal-people-language.
bsky.app/profile/mega...
Ignore the link she gives - that’s just a citation.
Instead, read her replies, which describe indirects in normal-people-language.
bsky.app/profile/mega...
There is an incredible return on investment of research dollars (see below).
This single cut has high potential to initiate economic collapse by turning off the economic engine of research nationally.
And it’s illegal. Indirect rate changes must go through congress.
bsky.app/profile/timt...
This single cut has high potential to initiate economic collapse by turning off the economic engine of research nationally.
And it’s illegal. Indirect rate changes must go through congress.
bsky.app/profile/timt...
I called last night, will do so again today. NIH generates 154% return on average dollars invested, for curing cancer, Parkinson’s, rare genetic disease… it’d be nuts to shut down such an economic dynamo even if it funded toxic sludge, and instead it funds lifesaving discoveries for all of us.
February 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There is an incredible return on investment of research dollars (see below).
This single cut has high potential to initiate economic collapse by turning off the economic engine of research nationally.
And it’s illegal. Indirect rate changes must go through congress.
bsky.app/profile/timt...
This single cut has high potential to initiate economic collapse by turning off the economic engine of research nationally.
And it’s illegal. Indirect rate changes must go through congress.
bsky.app/profile/timt...