Is information about the total spend on Uni Groups in this period available? [1] I only saw figures for Group Support Funding, which I take to be only a small fraction of the whole.
There are a few reasons that information would likely be helpful:
(1) It allows would-be smaller donors to evaluate a part of CEA’s cost-effectiveness;
(2) It provides information about the general location of the funding bar for meta work, which may inform those who are considering pitching a meta project whether their ideas are cost-effective enough to have a good chance at attracting funding; and
(3) It would inform community discussion of tradeoffs made by the Uni Groups team (e.g., prioritization of super-elite universities).
I think it would be okay for the stated figure to not include Uni Groups’ fair share of CEA & EVF overhead if that information is not readily available, although the existence of that overhead should be noted if that is the case.
Thanks for the question Jason! I’ll try to see if we can share more info here
As a quick reply, I think (in rough order) our largest budget items are staff costs and group support funding. Next would be costs associated with retreats, our internship and then reimbursements for mentors in OSP.
Is information about the total spend on Uni Groups in this period available? [1] I only saw figures for Group Support Funding, which I take to be only a small fraction of the whole.
There are a few reasons that information would likely be helpful:
(1) It allows would-be smaller donors to evaluate a part of CEA’s cost-effectiveness;
(2) It provides information about the general location of the funding bar for meta work, which may inform those who are considering pitching a meta project whether their ideas are cost-effective enough to have a good chance at attracting funding; and
(3) It would inform community discussion of tradeoffs made by the Uni Groups team (e.g., prioritization of super-elite universities).
I think it would be okay for the stated figure to not include Uni Groups’ fair share of CEA & EVF overhead if that information is not readily available, although the existence of that overhead should be noted if that is the case.
Thanks for the question Jason! I’ll try to see if we can share more info here
As a quick reply, I think (in rough order) our largest budget items are staff costs and group support funding. Next would be costs associated with retreats, our internship and then reimbursements for mentors in OSP.