https://stanfordreview.org/stanfords-hiring-freeze-exposes-the-big-lie-of-research-funding/
They allegedly use federal research funding for administration purposes
."In other words, almost all the NIH funding was, one way or another, being funneled into expanding bureaucratic headcount and benefits. Stanford was planning to spend over $500 million on headcount and benefits increases—just this year...
Stanford openly redirects more than half of grant money to administrative overhead.."