Yep, and even then they don't get paid super well. A typical "small" NSF grant is for $500K over 3 years, and the university takes 45-65% of that, so with one a

Yep, and even then they don't get paid super well. A typical "small" NSF grant is for $500K over 3 years, and the university takes 45-65% of that, so with one award a PI has ~$83K to spread on their annual summer salary and ~2 PhD students at a stipend of around $30K per year each (with the remainder on conferences, publication fees, equipment, etc.).