What's this have to do with academic freedom? Academic freedom is a condition of employment, not of grants. There have always been restrictions on grants. Eg: grants typically don't give ppl complete discretion to decide what to work on. Doesn't mean they violate academic freedom
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Not sure why non-standard interpretation of academic freedom. I was not saying grant agencies have duty to fund researchers. Researchers should be employed & paid by universities. Don't know about US, but in UK now researchers' job depends on getting government/industry grants.
Your argument: grant agencies are violating academic freedom for academics to publish where they choose. I'm pointing out that the exact same argument would show that grant agencies violate academic freedom to choose what they work on. Do you see this?
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I see this. I think the issue in both cases is who gets to make the decision (whether a work is published in a particular outlet/to whom a grant is awarded): peers or government agencies? What control does the government have over such decisions?
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Oh, I quite agree: that's a great set of questions! And one where a strong case could be made against (and also for). I just think that tying it to academic freedom is a weak approach, since we've already ceded veto power over research directions to grant agencies.
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