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Where the science money goes

Researchers who receive large grants for new projects can often find a large proportion of it is taken by overheads, a situation satirised by cartoonist Bob Brockie in 2009.

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Simon Nathan, Research institutions – Government research organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/44971/where-the-science-money-goes (accessed 30 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 10 April 2014, updated 7 May 2026.