It depends on the field. If they are doing something that doesn't require specialized resources, then its not necessary. However, if we're talking about disciplines like material science, chemical engineering, nuclear engineering, bioscience where the cost of building and training someone is dependent on multimillion dollar infrastructure you need to go to here. For Example, there's a 5000 liter liquid nitrogen tank outside of one of Stanford's chem engineering labs. You are likely not going to fund this as an individual unless this is your family already runs an institution/org that does it, nor can you acquire hazmat goods without being part of an institution. just my 0.02