[jostylr]

My thesis advisor does get NSF funding and he does Bohmian mechanics. I have a very talented colleague doing this as well and he ended up with tenure recently. But it is a very hard road.

I did a thesis on it which I am quite proud of. But I also left academia proper though more due to my disgust with various aspects of the system unrelated to the discrimination associated with Bohmian mechanics.

To be fair to your point, the successful ones pursuing this either hide out in mathematics departments or keep their mouth shut until well-established.