As a former proposal specialist (B2B, B2G, non DoD) I looked into the Genesis Mission procurement site and process.

Unless someone can correct me, the total amount of grant monies is $280,000,000 or so.

It became obvious that it’s not worth my time to engage in the “mission” as they call it, even if I could benefit some worthwhile causes.

That’s a pittance and pretty insulting to the purported benefit of funding scientific endeavors. I’m not even attempting to be political here. $280 Million versus $XX Billion for warfighting is a seriously gross misallocation of public monies, IMHO.

Total lackluster reporting on the scale and scope of the actual numbers, but not surprising.

This is a really weird comparison. The Chan Zuckerberg foundation is nowhere involved with any war. All they’re doing is making money available for research. In which universe is $280m not enough?

It's a weird world where $280M is not considered a lot of money.