SE IV Gold: Starting tech levels? Yes or No?

[Kimball]

I haven't read the entire thread so please excuse me if this was addressed earlier...

In SEIII if you put more points than needed toward a research project, they would carry over to the next level. It was possible to put, say, 100,000 points, toward a 10,000 point tech area and keep getting the next level each turn, until the points ran out. That was done away with in SEIV.

Is that what you are talking about? Just curious.