No, most of the great scientists were not Arab. Many people mix the two up. In addition, most of the funding came from the Islamic caliphate itself, especially

No, most of the great scientists were not Arab. Many people mix the two up. In addition, most of the funding came from the Islamic caliphate itself, especially during the Abassid Caliphate. One of the caliphs at the time gave scientists who wrote books on a scientific topic its weight in gold. The Abu Musa family paid salaries for translators to work full-time translating works from Greek, Syriac, and Persian to Arabic.