It really depends, and the research supervisors could certainly give you more specific information. There are specific projects that are assigned to various research staffers, such as government projects and other research that is deemed high priority. These company-directed commercial projects usually receive the most funding, and the majority of our research staff is usually conducting this sort of assigned research at any given time.
However, we also encourage our staff to conduct self-directed research when schedules and funding permit. Many of our more industrious staffers have self-directed secondary projects they're working on, for which they are welcome to use Oscorp resources, provided they obtain the proper approvals. Within the parameters of our mission statement, there's a great deal of freedom to explore your own scientific interests in pursuit of those goals.
And again, while most of our staff may be assigned to specific large assignments, we have plenty of staffers at any given time who are working primarily on their own self-directed project. Obviously, for a large research project like that, there's a proposal and an approval process. We want to know what we're dedicating our resources to, and determine whether that project furthers the interests of the company. But I would say we're more generous than most, in terms of giving our employees the liberty to conduct their own research. We won't keep pouring money into a project that isn't going anywhere, but we recognize that scientific progress often means throwing a lot of darts at the board before one hits the mark.