<p>I doubt that the research budgets of the non-flagships compare with those of their bigger brothers (sisters?), but at least at some of them, neither are they negligible.</p>
<p>[NIU</a> research attracts four new major NSF awards](<a href=“http://www.niu.edu/PubAffairs/RELEASES/2009/aug/nsfgrants.shtml]NIU”>http://www.niu.edu/PubAffairs/RELEASES/2009/aug/nsfgrants.shtml)</p>