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| Jan 22, 2015 at 3:39 | comment | added | jakebeal | @JeffE Yes, you are correct, but I believe the other half is usually expected to be spent on coursework or their thesis. I think it would be reasonable for a professor to be concerned about whether their money is being well spent with a student who committed half-time to work on a completely unrelated project. | |
| Jan 21, 2015 at 22:36 | comment | added | JeffE | A professor who is funding a student to work full time from their grants — At least at many universities in the US, research assistantships formally pay for only 20 hours of work per week, which makes this argument a red herring. | |
| Jan 21, 2015 at 17:00 | history | answered | jakebeal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |