And this is not an isolated incident. Of the 690 third cycle researchers who responded to a survey in the nature of the publication, 548 said they were planning to leave the United States, we even replied: “It’s my house, I really like my country, but many of my mentors have told me to go out, at the moment.”
In addition, as McFall-Ngai pointed out, there are countless stories of international students frightened to leave the United States: “I have graduate students and post-doctoral students who are Slovenians, Belgians, Portuguese, French, Austrians, Mexicans, Chinese and Irish.” Several, she said, wanted to go on vacation to see their families, “but they were told that they would not be able to return to the United States if they left.”
So far, layoffs have taken place in institutions such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, US Geological Survey and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Institutes of Health – The largest funder for the world of biomedical research – have been forced to throw 1,200 employees and suspend subsidy exams, which essentially extinguishes laboratories’ financing. And as the cuts arrive, some federal agencies have been required to delete the terms deemed unacceptably “awakened”, such as the diversity, sex and climate science of their websites.
But for Europeans and Canadians, still in shock from the open contempt in which the Trump administration holds them, revenge is a dish that is best served cold.
Thirteen EU member countries, including France and Germany, have already written to the startups, research and innovation Ekaterina Zakharieva, urging increased funding and infrastructure to attract migratory scientists. And the French Minister of Higher Education and Research Philippe Baptiste called for a “rapid and robust response” to the “collective madness” of these decisions.
Several universities across Europe have made a recruitment campaign, finding new financing pockets to bring specific individuals. The French University of Aix Marseille has intended 15 million euros for 15 three -year positions as part of its new security program for science, and the university says that it receives a dozen applications per day of “scientific asylum seekers”.
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