The comments come just weeks before the Government prepares to announce the fine details of funding levels for the next 12 months.
They are preparing to announce this week that they will begin writing new industrywide rules to curb them.
Harvard is reportedly preparing to announce one for more than $2 billion.
Competition for the pipeline is nearing a peak as oil companies prepare to announce which route they favor.
The new figures come as the government prepares to announce further details of its "free schools" plan tomorrow.
And environmentalists said that half a dozen large groups were preparing to announce on Monday that they may support it, too.
ABC was preparing to announce its interim plans as early as today.
Science team members are preparing to announce the mission's latest discovery in early November.
After an agonizing 6 minutes and 11 seconds, Skylar prepares to announce their decision.
Today you are preparing to announce the decision on which this programme is based.