# Universities can take more than a third of grant money as overhead University overhead rates usually range from 33% to 50% which means that the overhead ends up being a quarter to a third of the <!-- #stub --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Universities+can+take+more+than+a+third+of+grant+money+as+overhead) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Universities+can+take+more+than+a+third+of+grant+money+as+overhead)