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Research done on unfunded projects as part of a hard money position is super-tricky, which is why for a lot of things the restriction is funded research projects.

For example, if your position is at a public university, but funded by an endowment from a private foundation, is it covered?

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If your position is at a public university, you probably work at a publicly-funded building, using publicly-funded electricity and heating, and publicly-funded office material. So I'd say it should be covered.

The building I work in was built using money from two foundations. The electricity and heating, as well as office material, theoretically comes from grant indirects - which at the moment for me come entirely from private industry.

In Europe? I always thought that that sort of thing was common in the US, but it's surprising that it happens to that extent in Europe.

One would hope that 35+ percent overhead would cover rent/heating etc.

53% at my institution

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