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I believe I’m one of (or near) the “top 30” contributors (I’ve made substantial contributions to all of the aforementioned packages), and I’m funded to write scientific software. I’m extremely fortunate. Unfortunately, like so many things, I suspect it has everything to do with pedigree (e.g. my lab, my institution, my peers, etc.) rather than my (or my coworkers) exact contributions. In fact, I don’t know if any of my lab’s grants has ever explicitly mentioned our contributions to one of the discussed packages. However, this could change. I’m extremely encouraged, for example, by the comments from new institutions like OpenAI or the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative about the necessity of funding software.