assets, including laboratory equipment, were virtually unfunded. Despite an overall increase since 2017, grants and loans; and (3) the focus is primarily on capital repairs and construction, along with other expenses that do not always directly benefit scientific endeavors. another organization, sells them, or hands them over to investors at no cost. For example, the building of the Tashkent, was transferred to a private company for a nominal fee after being renovated. Although the building was eventually returned, this incident caused significant operational issues for the SRl, including the loss of The proportion of funding from non-budgetary sources reached its peak at 66 percent in 2018. The subse- rather than a decrease in the activity level of SRls. Following them is the SRl of Orchards, Viticulture, and Winemaking, which also benefits significantly from