[V_Terranova_Jr]

> Give more funding to proper engineers, not physicists/chemists

Materials science departments are often called "Materials Science and Engineering". How do they fall in your categorization?

Without disrespect intended, your words sound like those of someone who has never spent any time in graduate school in a engineering program in physical disciplines. The lines can be blurry.

[casparvitch]

I get that. Perhaps things are different in different countries, but where I am materials science/eng is drastically underfunded for this reason.

My comment was worded strongly, I meant more that funding could come from different streams fo4 different purposes.