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Of course, one would be more likely to get research funding if they published data showing that global warming was fictional, because publishing yet another article confirming the accepted consensus isn't going to raise any eyebrows. (Can you name the second guy to publish a paper on relativity? The guy who developed the second polio vaccine?) The scientific process encourages maverick theories much more than it suppresses them.
Add in the fact that companies which depend on fossil fuels would looooove to provide research grants to scientific organizations which supported their agenda. The problem is, you need data, and no one seems to be able to come up with any data which can withstand the review process that says anything except "global warming is real and caused by humans", which is why every major scientific organization is in consensus on this topic.
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