Podcasts Science Everything Hertz 131: Long live the overhead projector!

131: Long live the overhead projector!

Published: May 3, 2021, 6 a.m.

Dan and James answer listener audio questions on indirect costs for research grants, the mind/body problem, and why many academics aren't trained to teach. They also profess their love for the overhead projector

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Some more details:

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  • Should we require universities to justify overhead costs, like heating and electricity?
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  • Overheads can inflate the costs of grants, some grants provide an additional percentage for overheads but others don\u2019t allow this, which can eat into grants
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  • Get to know the people in your local grant office!
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  • Indirect costs at MIT
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  • A primer on indirect costs and why they are important to MIT
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  • Does it matter that we address the mind body problem in psychology?
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  • On the teaching of the history and philosophy of science (or lack thereof) in psychology courses
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  • Why aren\u2019t academics better equipped to teach?
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  • The 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel
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Other links

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Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

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Episode citation

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Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2021, May 3) "131: Long live the overhead projector!", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/8TFKC

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