Losing its theoreticians and its contracts made the Institute dependent on project grants.

Evidence

On the one hand, there were no more theoreticians; on the other, there were no more research contracts. Aside from regular grants from the city and the state, the Institute finances itself from national research funds linked to specific projects. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 690

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier chapters on the Institute’s funding insecurities in exile; the same vulnerability to patrons reappears in its final form. — connects to: Research grants let the Institute shrink while its directors bought academic access. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 287; Exiled research institutes survive only by attaching to host institutions’ projects. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 300; Financial independence lost in exile forces an institute into contract research and moral compromise. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 457 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Research grants let the Institute shrink while its directors bought academic access. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 287; Exiled research institutes survive only by attaching to host institutions’ projects. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 300; Financial independence lost in exile forces an institute into contract research and moral compromise. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 457 (+2 more)