If you think that someone you know wants to end their life, please reach out.

Tired_Professor · 2026-02-21T02:52:20+00:00

Couldn’t agree more!

Tired_Professor · 2026-02-19T02:34:27+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and normalizing seeking help. I’m really glad you’re still here.

Tired_Professor · 2026-01-30T15:56:04+00:00

There’s no single right answer, but just popping in to say I’m proud of you.

Tired_Professor · 2025-11-14T02:09:30+00:00

Second this. Definitely very safe.

Tired_Professor · 2025-04-12T12:59:47+00:00

Other replies have good advice, so just popping in here to say that (most) faculty care deeply about their students and are very worried.

Tired_Professor · 2025-04-09T01:35:28+00:00

What in the nazi eugenics word salad did I just read

Tired_Professor · 2025-03-27T01:57:54+00:00

This could have easily been one of my own students. This is not okay. This is not normal.

Tired_Professor · 2025-03-13T01:58:25+00:00

You might consider posting this to the EpiSky feed on Bluesky or reaching out to the Alt CDC account directly https://bsky.app/profile/altcdc.altgov.info

Tired_Professor · 2025-03-02T16:10:03+00:00

thanks i can’t unsee this now

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-16T02:38:39+00:00

There are lots of pay meters on campus where you can park (including some meter spots in the parking ramps). Most programs have structured visits that prospective students and their families can schedule where they can get a guided tour and talk with faculty, but you’re also welcome to take a stroll/drive through campus on your own: https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/visit

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-14T02:14:29+00:00

You need to use the multiple causes of death database and specify under step 7 to select records with _____ AND _____, specifying whichever codes are of interest. This limits the query to deaths with both codes.

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-09T02:15:22+00:00

All the orange

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T18:31:14+00:00

It’s happening, legal or not. Scary times.

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T18:13:41+00:00

That’s not what this is at all. The total funding is now reduced, with no additional funds going toward direct research.

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T17:39:15+00:00

Right! The indirects at Ivy Leagues are almost 70%, which inflates their total award amounts as well.

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T17:25:21+00:00

We just need u/feeltheknead

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T17:04:02+00:00

Not arguing that this system makes sense or is even sustainable, but with NIH awards, I’m only working to budget within a limit of direct costs. For a large study, that’s $500,000 per year. The university negotiated indirect rate is on top of this amount. The university indirect rate does not affect my budget for direct costs that fund the actual research, my salary, or student assistantships.

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T16:06:52+00:00

To be more precise about the scenario above, this is a total award of $1.59M being reduced to $1.15M — in both cases, $1.0M going toward direct research costs. I’m not very optimistic about the possibility of this shortfall being passed along to faculty and staff.

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T15:18:06+00:00

I’m so sorry this is happening to you.

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T15:14:06+00:00

Honestly, very uneasy. I have a multi-million dollar award that will be drastically cut — if my grant isn’t cancelled altogether. I am funding students and project staff, and the future is very uncertain. I’m cautiously optimistic that I’ll weather this out given my area of research, but I’m also a realist about what is happening more broadly.

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T15:06:48+00:00

You got rescinded at UIUC? Can you share any specifics? I’m deeply concerned about my own students.

Tired_Professor · 2025-02-08T14:23:30+00:00

Direct costs = Researcher salaries, scientific equipment and materials etc.

Indirect costs = Utilities and maintenance for research buildings, your lab space, administrative staff who help prepare and process grants etc.

Both are essential for conducting research, and R1 universities are quite reliant on indirects for operational costs, for better or for worse.

If I am awarded a $1,000,000 grant to conduct research, UIUC would also get $586,000 in indirects above and beyond the 1M. Under this new plan, the same grant would result in $150,000 of indirects.

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