To a large degree yes, but a lot of the work would have fared better with a larger pool of people to work on the problem. We have to be more selective in candidates and in turn, we spend more money out of pocket vs wider spread from the grant pool of cash. The original purpose of grants was to spur technology growth and acceleration, now they're just one more notch on the ole' funding universities piece.

We need an overhaul on bloat in state schools at a minimum, then we're good.

The other issue is patent / design ownership arguments, but that's for another day.