On 08/11/09 23:22, Daniel Bastos wrote:
> money. I have the impression that all universities are government
> funded. I consider this from the fact that researchers are always
> writing justifications for the grants they get from the government. If
> they justify to the government, then I think the government is paying
> them something. So whether you research in Princeton, MIT, or Florida
> State University, it does seem that the government funds your
> research. Researchers write papers and books about their studies.
> These books and publications are the ones that you usually find in a
> university library and not in a public library.

	Yes, but the funding goes towards research, not maintaining the 
library. Think of it as a perpetual bailout. The government does it as 
an investment: They produce good research with that money, and sooner or 
later a lot of it will filter to benefit society in one form or another.

	However, in cases like NIH grants, they do put certain conditions: All 
journal papers that resulted from research funded by the NIH has to be 
open access (i.e. published in a manner that the public can view it for 
free).

	I would like to see how much of the money Princeton gets comes from the 
government. It wouldn't surprise me if it's miniscule compared to 
private sources (investments, etc).

-- 
If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all those Acme goods, why 
didn't he just buy dinner?

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