Federal research grants are not subsidies. They fund biomedical and other research that drives innovation and saves lives. Even the ivies do not have enough laying around to fund this kind of work on the level that NIH and other fed agencies provide funding. Donations can never replace NIH funding.

Thanks for writing this article, so informative and necessary. As an early career investigator who had my grant review session cancelled, my career is in jeopardy. Critical for people to understand how dire the situation is. There's little communication to us, we depend on journalists for this info!