From c930a28203dc565c0dcd8810aa9d3d6a69397387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernd Flemisch Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:33:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] =?UTF-8?q?Add=20footnote=20justifying=20the=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=82=AC50M=20third-party=20funding=20figure?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- paper.tex | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/paper.tex b/paper.tex index 3be772f..ff20a06 100644 --- a/paper.tex +++ b/paper.tex @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ \subsection{Funding Sources}% Depending on the local circumstances at an institution, this can be a cumbersome and time-consuming process for each such position. \item Funding organisations additionally allocate a portion of the direct project funds as overhead, which is typically divided between the institution and the applicant. We propose using a small percentage of the overhead agglomerated at the institution to permanently finance central RSE positions. - Assuming a third-party funding income of €50 million annually and a 20\% overhead, €100,000 in permanent funding requirements for one person-year would only account for 1\% of this overhead. + Assuming a third-party funding income of €50 million\footnote{While the spread in third-party funding over German research institutions is very large, we consider €50 million as a representative value. For example, the (technical) universities of Hamburg, Siegen, Wuppertal, Cottbus-Senftenberg, Oldenburg and Bayreuth list within €45 and €55 million of third-party revenues in 2022, see https://foerderatlas.dfg.de/daten/drittmitteleinnahmen-2022-nach-hochschulen-und-fachgebieten-in-mio-e/.} annually and a 20\% overhead, €100,000 in permanent funding requirements for one person-year would only account for 1\% of this overhead. \item In project applications involving the development of research software, corresponding person-months should be requested to finance RSE tasks. In this way, an applicant can book a fixed number of working hours from the RSE pool and pay for the costs accordingly. This model has been successfully implemented at several UK universities. From df81c1b9d7c35b85b3bda5510a04f3bd1331a697 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernd Flemisch Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:31:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add answer to review comment --- review_answers/review_2_answers.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/review_answers/review_2_answers.md b/review_answers/review_2_answers.md index 54423a1..824944b 100644 --- a/review_answers/review_2_answers.md +++ b/review_answers/review_2_answers.md @@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ > Section 5.1 lists four funding sources. Source 2 (overhead percentage) proposes using 1% of overhead. Where does this 1% figure come from? Provide a justification or remove the specific number. **Answer:** +It is evident that this is an exemplary statement and that the 1% is the outcome of the requirement to get funding for one person-year assuming 50 MEUR third-party revenue. So the question should rather be where the 50 MEUR come from. We added a corresponding footnote. ---