Andrew Huberman· PhD
But we basically limped along on a wing and a prayer until recently, when we got the $17 million gift, so that we could create a nominal center. And as you know, basically, to the university, that means you get a certain number of dollars, and a lot of them, you can call yourself a center. It's a capital investment. Staff equipment salary support which has always been the huge thing for us. But the $17 million gift, which was split between the Cohen foundation, so Steven and Alexandra Cohen, they covered half of it, and the other half, the Tim Ferriss collaborative. Basically, Tim and a few friends ponied up, divided the rest of that, half of that $17 million gift, and came together to just... I mean, it's completely transformed our, the work that we've done, and our ability to fully delve into this area, and not worry that, like, oh, if I focus on this, rather than putting another three NIDA grants on some other topic that may or may not get funded, if I focus too much on the psychedelics, am I putting my career at jeopardy?