You may mean “funding for research projects”. I would agree. Over the very long haul a successful research program can also result in a relatively high “academi

You may mean “funding for research projects”. I would agree. Over the very long haul a successful research program can also result in a relatively high “academic” income (ca. $200,000 in biomedical research), but that no comparison with mid and top levels of programmers at FAANG et al.