Donald Trump's USA may witness massive exodus of scientists, biggest beneficiary will be China, warns report
Scientists in the USA have warned that
Donald Trump
administration's move to cut spending on science will set off a brain drain. Scientific leaders say that's risking the way American science has been done for years and the preeminence of the United States in their fields, as per a report.
China and Europe are on hiring sprees. An analysis by the journal Nature captured the reversal: Applications from China and Europe for graduate student or postdoctoral positions in the United States have dropped sharply or dried up entirely since President Donald Trump took office. The number of postdocs and graduate students in the United States applying for jobs abroad has spiked, NYT News Service reported.
A university in France that created new positions for scientists with canceled federal grants capped applications after overwhelming interest. A scientific institute in Portugal said job inquiries from junior faculty members in the United States are up tenfold over the past two months, as per the report.
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American science finds itself fighting on several fronts as the Trump administration seeks to cut budgets and seal borders, to punish universities for their liberalism and federal health agencies for their responses to COVID, according to NYT News Service report.
Federal science budgets have been slashed. Stricter immigration policies have spread fear among international scientists working in the United States and those who had hoped to. Graduate and postdoctoral students have had their visas canceled or worry they will. The administration cut off funding for international students at Harvard University -- a judge blocked the move, but other universities worry about being next, the NYT News Service reported.
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