Yes, it is necessary. They funded the research and deserve the credit.

cosmotic · 2025-01-05T02:00:18 1736042418

"Tax payers of the United States..."

tw04 · 2025-01-05T02:23:45 1736043825

Likely tax payers of Alabama, I don’t see federal funding but might be missing it:

https://afr.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/UA-AFR-FY23.pd...

I’d imagine the taxpayers are happy with the recognition via the university.

cosmotic · 2025-01-05T02:42:34 1736044954

I was just speaking generally about funding for research.

I don't follow the logic that taxpayers would be happy with the university getting credit. I'm a tax payer, and I'd much rather the researcher get credit.