anon
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Post by anon on Jan 1, 2012 12:42:50 GMT -5
Not all universities allow start-up funds to be used for association fees (mine does not). You should ask about that. Another idea-- I've heard of people using funds for things like attending summer methods (and other) workshops.
If you haven't finished negotiations, start-up funds are one area that might be relatively easy to negotiate, because it's a one-time thing (so less cost to the university than salary).
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Post by unclekarl on Jan 1, 2012 14:48:32 GMT -5
In my experience, startup funds may vary by subdiscipline and school mission. If you are at a teaching school with adequate funds, money for developing courses and/or course resources may be easily negotiated.
My sense is that some fields that are closer to hard sciences, are hot research topics, or are highly quantitative may provide more startup funds vis-a-vis others. This may come through an affiliated institute like a pop center, environmental research institute, med school, etc. If you need restricted data access or special computer requirements [for, say, running 5% samples of the U.S. or land use patterns for a state] in conducting your research, then this might be a way to obtain funds for equipment and data.
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rrr
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Post by rrr on Jan 3, 2012 13:10:30 GMT -5
Dataset purchases, external hard drives, locking drawers for human subject data, paying for outside consultants to do specific work on your papers (e.g. a designer to fix your diagrams). A big one is pilot data so you can magic that startup grant into a larger grant. You might take a grant writing seminar. There are also professional grant writers who can help you with the application process as an outside contractor.
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