The amount of funding that the University supplies directly is obviously dependent on the field, and it's own traditions. However, in biomedicine, when a new p

The amount of funding that the University supplies directly is obviously dependent on the field, and it's own traditions. However, in biomedicine, when a new prof has "startup" funds, these are often linked to their contributions to teaching and "service", i.e. admin, pastoral care, etc; they can later "buy-out" their service obligation by raising grants equal to their salary and costs, or more. So the "startup" funds are usually not entirely paying for research.