> relied so heavily

One grant started in 1987 and has extensions running into 2027 for dozens of different sub-projects. Total award so far has been $13.1m. The other grant is for up to $800k over 5 years for 5 student positions ostensibly worth $32k per year. The YCRC seems to be funded directly by Yale.

https://www.highergov.com/grant/T32GM145452/

https://www.highergov.com/grant/T15LM007056/

> sing ideologically pure songs for dear Leader.

Hot take; however, perhaps the energy put into this ideological signalling could be better spent on working to solve what is a relatively small problem.