Personally I'm more under the impression that there's a lot of research that needs to be done, but parts of the system other than just funding make it hard to d

Personally I'm more under the impression that there's a lot of research that needs to be done, but parts of the system other than just funding make it hard to do it. "More funding" would be a necessary part of a solution, but would only work when coupled to other necessary measures to encourage genuinely productive science.