Even though we beat our chests about STEM education, basic sciences are woefully underfunded in relation to the number of students who graduate every year with BS, MS, and PhD degrees in life sciences.
Funding is prelevant. Governments, foundations, charities, donations, kick starters. What we lack is proper priority. We value things such as wealth & imaginary gods higher than knowledge.
Even though we beat our chests about STEM education, basic sciences are woefully underfunded in relation to the number of students who graduate every year with BS, MS, and PhD degrees in life sciences.