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US researchers leaving the country amid Trump science funding cuts
Original: Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science
American scientists are relocating abroad in response to deep research funding cuts and what they describe as growing political interference in science under the Trump administration. Reports highlight individual researchers who have taken positions in Europe and elsewhere, and the story is being picked up widely across US and international outlets, fueling debate over a potential brain drain from American universities and laboratories.
Why now: Widespread coverage of funding cuts and political pressure on science is prompting concern about a US scientific brain drain.
Evidence
- Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science · AP News
- Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science · Audacy
- Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science · WSLS
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