Point of clarification: Researcher salaries aren&#x27;t included in the indirect costs aka overhead, they come out of the lab&#x27;s funding.  So 50% indirect costs of a $300k project means $100k to overhead&#x2F;indirect costs, and $200k to research; researcher salaries, grad student stipends, healthcare, etc. all come out of that $200k.  Then what&#x27;s left of that $200k funds the lab.