Yes. It is all about writing business plans in advance: i.e. have the poker-face to promise in advance to the funding agencies' excel-wrangling paper-tossers, that you will make that given discovery [WTF!].
It is like raising VC capital: an agency is likely to be more friendly, if it sees another take some of the initial funding risk. So you sell your idea, and manage the project -- not unlike a feudalistic landlord.
It is like raising VC capital: an agency is likely to be more friendly, if it sees another take some of the initial funding risk. So you sell your idea, and manage the project -- not unlike a feudalistic landlord.