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On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 03:00:09 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

>But we can all probably agree the big name universities have
> gotten dangerously addicted to federal funding and are having a hard time
> getting cut off.

Federal R&D funding: the bedrock of national innovation

Federal research and development (R&D) funding has significantly
declined as a share of GDP for several decades.
....
The U.S. government's financial commitment to scientific research has
significantly declined in the past few decades. Recent research has
also revealed a lack of public awareness of the importance of federal
research and development (R&D) funding; only one in four Americans
believe that the government's role in science is indispensable

https://sciencepolicyreview.org/2020/08/federal-rd-funding-the-bedrock-of-national-innovation/