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by shantnutiwari 1428 days ago
We the taxpayers do pay, just the money doesnt reach the researchers.
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Not really.

You could maybe squeeze another $20K-$30K in gross salary out of what NSF/NIH allocate for PhD students. But even that is still WAY below starting rates for the quality of folks you need to run a research lab.