And the reason for this theory is that Holmes was the recipient of a grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $26,000. Here's how that grant works. Every year there are about six new neuroscience grad students who enter the program at the University of Colorado, Denver. The grant from the NIH is given to the school, and then the director of the Neuroscience Center at that school, Diego Restrepo, along with a group of faculty members, decide what students to give the grant to. The NIH didn't choose James Holmes, and they probably actually had no idea who he even was. Each year, three of the six new grad students get this grant, and three second-year students get it as well. Holmes basically had a 50% chance of getting this grant through the school. There's nothing weird about this, especially considering that on paper he looked like a super promising candidate for their program. You have to understand that element here. He was overqualified on paper for a school like the University of Colorado, Denver, but unable to pass the more nebulous aspects of the application process for a top-tier school. This is in no way meant to insult people who went to the University of Colorado Denver or anybody involved with the school, but they were probably super excited to have a student like him in their program, so him getting that grant makes total sense. Also, that grant is a large part of the conspiracy that DARPA funding was involved in Holmes, and he had mind control work that he was doing, but that's complete bullshit and doesn't take into account how grad schools work or any of the facts in the case, really.