It cost you (assuming an average taxpayer) less than 20 bucks and is the only way humanity will get at a specific kind of knowledge.
But more importantly you aren't subsidizing it, you are paying for it outright. Subsidizing would suggest that there is some other revenue stream, whereas this kind of research would simply not exist without taxpayer money.
You are subsidizing oil, you are subsidizing solar, you are subsidizing medical research and satellite launches and weapons research. You are not subsidizing fundamental research.
But more importantly you aren't subsidizing it, you are paying for it outright. Subsidizing would suggest that there is some other revenue stream, whereas this kind of research would simply not exist without taxpayer money.
You are subsidizing oil, you are subsidizing solar, you are subsidizing medical research and satellite launches and weapons research. You are not subsidizing fundamental research.