The thought that popped into my mind in reading this was what's the breakdown in government support between operating grants and research funding? (higheredstrategy.com)
The real problem for the university, she explains, lies in the fact that the level of operating grants from the Nova Scotia government on a per - student basis are the lowest in the country, and have declined more than 20 % in the last decade. (sciencemag.org)
CARRF proposes a basic operating grant for all active researchers and direct support for graduate students. (newscientist.com)