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#Trump's admin says billions of dollars in cuts are needed to curb the federal deficit & bring the US debt under control.

His cutbacks on #research come amid a broader clash that has seen Trump criticize #universities as *discriminatory* for their #diversity policies & denounce what he sees as a failure by some institutions to protect Jewish students from #antisemitism.

#law #academia #AntiIntellectualism #science #research #censorship #MafiaState #Nazis
https://www.reuters.com/world/scientists-us-harried-by-trump-cuts-turn-towards-europe-2025-04-11/

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 months ago

The threat to #academics' livelihoods at universities including #Yale, #Columbia & #JohnsHopkins has given #Europe's political leaders hope they could reap an #intellectual windfall.

A letter, reviewed by Reuters, signed in March by 13 European countries including #France, #Germany & #Spain, urged the #EU Commission to move fast to attract #academic talent.

#Trump #BrainDrain #law #academia #AntiIntellectualism #science #research #censorship #MafiaState #Nazis

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 months ago

The European Research Council, an #EU body that finances #scientific work, told Reuters it would double the relocation budget for funding #researchers moving to the EU to €2 million ($2.16 million) per applicant. That goes towards covering the cost of moving to a European institution, which may involve setting up a laboratory.

#Trump #BrainDrain #law #academia #AntiIntellectualism #science #research #censorship #MafiaState #Nazis

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 months ago

In #Germany, as part of coalition talks for a new govt, conservatives and Social Democrats have drawn up plans to lure up to 1,000 #researchers, acc/to negotiation docs from March seen by Reuters that allude to the upheaval in #US higher learning.

Reuters spoke to 13 European #universities & #research institutes that reported seeing an increase in US-based employees considering crossing the Atlantic, as well as half a dozen US-based #academics pondering a move to #Europe.

#Trump #BrainDrain

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 months ago

"Regulatory #uncertainty, #funding cuts, #immigration restrictions, & diminished international collaboration create a perfect storm for #BrainDrain," said Gray McDowell at…Capgemini Invent.

… #Europe's political leaders feel the stance of the #Trump admin has put wind in their sails.

"The American government is currently using brute force against the #universities in the #USA, so that #researchers from #America are now contacting Europe," #Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, said.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 months ago

…Aix Marseille University in #France told Reuters it had received interest from 120 researchers at institutions in the US, including #NASA & #Stanford, for a €15-million “safe space for #science” program launched on March 7. The initiative aims to attract #US staff from fields including #health, #LGBT+ #medicine, #epidemiology & #ClimateChange.

#Trump #BrainDrain #law #academia #AntiIntellectualism #research #censorship #MafiaState #Nazis

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