I migliori ricercatori statunitensi si affrettano a trasferirsi in Europa
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-research-council-funding-us-researchers-relocation-europe/
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I migliori ricercatori statunitensi si affrettano a trasferirsi in Europa
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-research-council-funding-us-researchers-relocation-europe/
di vfvaetf
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not a good sign for american science, wonder what driving the move?
Gotta say, this might be the wake-up call the US needs rn.
Is it hardcore science researchers or researchers in gender studies and the like?
Hitler and Stalin didn’t like freedom of academia either.
What Europe really needs is an attractive business environment within the EU – one that generates and draws in venture capital and angel investors. Ideally single EU market and financial market and not current fragmented national states with different laws and regulations and banking regulations. EU politicians were talking about “single EU market” for a decades now and some people may be under false impression that it actually exists.
These investors in turn, will attract top talent and researchers by offering competitive salaries. That’s the natural order, and it works.
We shouldn’t get too excited about simply sheltering researchers who are leaving the US because of current state of politics. Because even for them Europe would likely remain their second choice. They will go back in a second if opportunity in US arises again.
US is 347million people whilst EU is 450million people. EU should be leader in everyting from finance to tech.
I worry about our own academic jobs. We are being flooded with Americans used to working 50 hours a week. Their health issues are putting a strain on our society
Well, there are researchers and researchers
Ones that create GDP, and ones which need to be subsidized
it sounds like they decide to move here and voila, they find a position, money, etc…
so easy no?
I wonder then why scientists here struggle to find jobs in science
My guess the majority are immigrants to the US that now want to leave. We will probably see an increase in Chinese, Indian and returning European scientist at our universities.
there is a lot of benefits, mainly economic, tax free and etc. Is a good option europe
> There were 114 applications from the U.S., a 400 percent increase compared with the 2024 round when the EU received 23 U.S.-based proposals.
Is this a joke? That headline is hilariously misleading. 114 applications is incredibly low
> The incentive has proven extremely popular, according to data from the latest application round that closed at the end of August. There were 114 applications from the U.S.,
114 is lower than the people that work in the cse faculty at my little university. Yeah theyre really ”rushing” huh??? 🤣🤣🤣
More than welcome to be honest 🤗
114 people is not a lot.
Article desperately trying to create a story.
Europe would much rather have Syrian immigrants that refuse to integrate than educated Americans who desperately want to.
They are welcome!
> There were 114 applications from the U.S.
I wonder who they are?
Are they researchers in something useful, or are they political and climate science researchers?
Lmao, can’t blame ‘em tbh. US feels like it’s in free fall rn. We’ve gotta get our act together or else all the big brains are gonna bounce. Blunt truth here, folks – our country’s future hangs in the balance.
surely no one believes this bullshit lmao
BRUSSELS — A recent call for a multimillion-euro program run by the EU’s top research council saw a fivefold increase in U.S.-based applicants seeking to relocate to European institutions to pursue their research ambitions, according to new data seen by POLITICO.
The fresh wave of interest from U.S.-based researchers for European research grant money comes amid an increasingly hostile climate for academic research under the Trump administration.
It marks a win for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has personally driven efforts to attract U.S. researchers in a direct response to the Trump administration’s deep cuts to academic programs. Europe has positioned itself as a safe haven by emphasizing academic freedom and increasing the funds available for those who wish to relocate.
The European Research Council, the bloc’s funding arm for fundamental research, [announced](https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2024-advanced-grants-results) this past spring it would double the additional amount available for researchers who wanted to relocate from the U.S. from €1 million to € 2 million. That means those researchers are now eligible for up to a total of €4.5 million in funding over a maximum period of 5 years.
The incentive has proven extremely popular, according to data from the latest application round that closed at the end of August. There were 114 applications from the U.S., a 400 percent increase compared with the 2024 round when the EU received 23 U.S.-based proposals.
The total number of proposals increased by only 31 percent, from 2,534 to 3,329. That included 538 proposals from the U.K., while within the EU the most proposals came from Italy (445) and Spain (240).
Europe-wide, countries, regions, universities and research institutes have all initiated programs to benefit from the U.S. funding cuts. “There are now over 70 national and regional initiatives designed to attract researchers,” [said](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_2123) European Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva at a gathering in Brussels in mid-September.
The Austrian Academy of Sciences this week celebrated what it described as a “brain gain” directly attributable to the Trump administration’s policies on academic and scientific research, as it announced 25 researchers who will relocate from U.S. institutions under a new 4-year fellowship scheme launched in June.
“They are bringing new ideas, new perspectives, and international networks — this is a great gain for Austrian science and an important boost for the visibility of our research location abroad,” said the academy’s president, Heinz Faßmann, [in a statement](https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/harvard-princeton-mit-25-top-researchers-are-moving-from-the-us-to-austria-with-oeaw-scholarships). “Thanks to Trump we are seeing this brain gain.”
114 applicants? Right
For all the enlightened commentators saying 114 is not a lot, here is a set of photos of less than 114 people that fundamentally changed life on this planet through their discoveries at the fifth Salvoy conference. “Number big = good” is not how science works.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1921/einstein/photo-gallery/?gallery_style=page
Good, then it seems to be working. Keep them coming. We welcome research for a better future for all.
To do what? Sip coffee, smoke and pay taxes 😂
Reverse Nazi Brain Drain
Application indeed have exploded.
EU research budgets have not. Not a single Euro will be invested for research, current trend is more toward heavy austerity in research.
Even when things are going well, EU research, private or public is generally much less funded that US one.
They will apply, but nothing will happen, sadly. (Germany is undergoing a economic downturn, France is in political/financial chaos, northern countries are smaller in comparison).
How do I get on this list?
We are about to be the top dog in lesbian dance theory . Can’t wait for more anti-european american racism being promoted . Even if they were the top reaserchers in some of the most productive domains all we achieve is paying for the reasearch that american companies will use to extract money from us . Maybe we should also pay american students to study if we like pissing away money . This whole system of open academia in the last 200 years functioned as a syphon of power away from Europe to the rest of the world . We destroyed all techonological advance we had on the rest of the world and i can guarantee you when we fall behind it we be done for and we won’t get shit .
No they’re not
I’d be interested in whether there are any surveys the plans of researchers at Harvard, since that university has come under direct assault more or less. What percentage are planning on staying on in US&A, moving to Canada, returning to their home country, or moving to specific countries in Europe.
Also what exactly would qualify as political ‘safe havens’ in Europe: Ireland/Scandinavia/Switzerland/Spain?