Brain drain? Trump cutbacks force scientists to seek jobs in Europe
- Many US researchers are considering moving abroad due to concerns about the current political climate.
- Donald Trump's policies and actions are tightening his grip and prompting worries about academic freedom.
- Researchers are worried about funding cuts, hiring freezes, and the future of American research.
- A Nature journal survey revealed that over 75% of scientists are considering leaving because of Trump's policies.
- Experts fear a 'brain drain' will diminish US biopharmaceutical innovation and create a generational loss in science.
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Larry Wilson: MAGA forces a brain drain of American scientists
Perhaps if I grew up in a family in which the patriarch was a Queens real estate tycoon, I would see the world differently. But that’s not the family structure in which I grew up. My father is a chemist, and he made big rockets go boom with the whiz kids in the early 1950s at Aerojet in Azusa, leading to the Saturn V, the vehicle that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon in 1969. My step-father was a physicist, also a rocket scientist, who …
Brain drain? Trump cutbacks force scientists to seek jobs in Europe - West Hawaii Today
David Die Dejean is passionate about studying tuna. Last year, he landed a dream job at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Miami to pursue his research. By January, he was settled in, had received a good review and loved working with his colleagues, he said.
Brain drain? Trump cutbacks force scientists to seek jobs in Europe - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
GENEVA — David Die Dejean is passionate about studying tuna. Last year, he landed a dream job at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Miami to pursue his research. By January, he was settled in, had received a good review and loved working with his colleagues, he said.
USA - MPK President Cramer doesn't expect a wave of migration from scientists for the time being
The Trump administration is becoming more and more difficult for science in the US. The mood among researchers is therefore distressing, says the President of the Max Planck Society in Munich. Nevertheless, he does not expect a large wave of emigration.
For the creation of a scientific refugee status, by François Hollande and Eric Berton
The researchers, forced into exile by the Trump administration, must be recognized as refugees in their own right, support the President of the University of Aix-Marseille and the former President of the Republic. This would allow them to welcome them in good conditions, while promoting innovation, scientific diplomacy, French, and even European.
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