For comparison, the entire NSF budget for next year is around $7B. That would just about cover the imaging component of building a speculative and ethically-que

For comparison, the entire NSF budget for next year is around $7B. That would just about cover the imaging component of building a speculative and ethically-questionable data set, assuming someone else pays for the biopsies, analysis, and staff. (The NIH does have more money, but also funds trials, vaccines, and other stuff that we probably don't want to cancel for a century).