You too, huh? With me, it was no contracts. Just calls from Grad Students who wanted Free Stuff to play with. A few places (MIT, LRL, etc.) are wired for the funding. Forget CBD unless your uncle is a congressman.
To Hell with it. I left R&D 2 years ago, and will finish my career in Product Development- Rather like hitching Secretariate to a plow, but it's a better living and they are glad to have me.