Question

Why are many scientist dependent on the government for funding?

Answer 1

some scientific researches cost a lot and they are mostly to prevent diseases and life term conditions. For example cancer research is expensive therefore scientists requires government funding and charity

Answer 2

To perform any experiment of science or social science need resources to find the result of the hypothesis. These resources come from the funding of either research and development department (corporate), research council (government) and charitable foundations in which these bodies evaluate the research projects.

Scientists need money to fulfil their demand for resources required in the projects.