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  • I’m attending a small, rural state university. I’ve had to pay for many of the supplies for my undergraduate research myself. I also was unpaid for the entire length my pilot study. We’re applying for grants for my full study so I can pay people to help me, but AFAIK only one of them is from the government and it’s not guaranteed we’ll get it. So not all research is subsidized

    Most of the money my school earns is from our sports teams, not from tuition, and they just built a $7 million football stadium to draw in more fans. It’s really painfully obvious that scientific research is not what’s valued here, especially considering we have broken equipment that is needed for my degree. I will have to intern at the larger university several hours away for that training.