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World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts, New York Times, May 31, 2025 Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire themAP News, May 25, 2025

U.K. Fund to Attract International Researchers Gets $40M, Inside Higher Ed, May 23, 2025

As Trump cuts science budgets, some researchers look abroad, The Washington Post, May 21, 2025 Some Students Weigh Leaving the U.S. for College, The New York Times, May 21, 2025

US brain drain: Nature’s guide to the initiatives drawing scientists abroad, Nature, May 16, 2025 The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by TrumpNew York Times, May 14, 2025

Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’, The Guardian, May 13, 2025 US brain drain: the scientists seeking jobs abroad amid Trump’s assault on research, Nature, May 13, 2025 The American brain drain has arrived. Just ask these scientistsBusiness Insider, May 13, 2025

Chinese and Chinese-American researchers in the U.S. confront a perilous moment, STAT, May 12, 2025 Canadian graduate programmes reopened to attract rising US talentTime of Higher Education, May 11, 2025 Britain’s High Visa Costs Threaten to Deter U.S. Scholars, Inside Higher Ed, May 8, 2025

The best and brightest young scientists are looking beyond the U.S. as cuts hit home, NBC News, May 7, 2025 Europe pledges €600 million to lure foreign researchers, vows to protect scientific freedomNature, May 5, 2025 Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump’s war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’Politico, May 5, 2025 Europe unveils $565 million package to retain scientists, and attract new ones, STAT, May 5, 2025

European Governments Back Universities’ U.S. Recruitment Drive, Inside Higher Ed, May 1, 2025

Denmark invites U.S. researchers amid science funding uncertainty, says Danish Chamber of Commerce, EdTech Innovation Hub, April 28, 2025

The poaching of American talent begins, Politico, April 28, 2025

How Europe is quietly stealing America’s scientists, Politico, April 24, 2025

Norway Seeks to Hire Away U.S. Faculty Amid Trump Tumult, Inside Higher Ed, April 24, 2025

Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities, The Guardian, April 23, 2025 France opens arms to scientists, Politico, April 22, 2025

Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain, Nature, April 22, 2025 Looking for an International Research Job?, Inside Higher Ed, April 21, 2025

Senior scientist Yi Shouliang leaves US Department of Energy for China, South China Morning Post, April 18, 2025 Brain drain? Trump cutbacks force scientists to seek jobs in Europe, Reuters, April 11, 2025

Germany to create ‘super–high-tech ministry’ for research, technology, and aerospace, Science, April 11, 2025 Brain freeze: Trump research chill hits science community, PoliticoPro, April 10, 2025

Nobelists back call for UK to recruit US scientists fleeing Trump, Times of Higher Education, March 31, 2025

Countries boost recruitment of American scientists amid cuts to scientific funding, NPR, March 29, 2025 Rector: Recruiting U.S. Scholars Can Protect ‘Threatened Research’, Inside Higher Ed, March 28, 2025 75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving, Nature, March 27, 2025

As Trump’s Policies Worry Scientists, France and Others Put Out a Welcome Mat, The New York Times, March 26, 2025

Exclusive: Secretive Chinese Network Tries to Lure Fired Federal Workers, Research Shows, Reuters, March 25, 2025

European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts, The Guardian, March 25, 2025

Europe races to lure U.S. scientists as Trump puts pressure on universities, Washington Post, March 24, 2025 Healey sounds alarm over foreign recruiting of Mass, scientistsBoston Globe, March 20, 2025

Netherlands considering recruiting American scientists fleeing the Trump administrationNL Times, March 19, 2025

Overseas universities see opportunity in U.S. ‘brain drain’, Science, March 17, 2025

‘We Are Witnessing a New Brain Drain’ as Scientists Flee America for FranceGizmodo, March 13, 2025 Beijing beckons fired federal scientists, Politico – China Watcher, March 6, 2025

French University Welcomes U.S. Scientists ‘Threatened’ by Funding Cuts, CTV News, March 5, 2025

Exclusive: US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say,

CNN, March 1, 2025

This is the perfect moment for Europe to attract US scientists, The Times, February 25, 2025

America’s Loss, China’s Gain: Top Chinese Universities Welcome PhD Refugees from the U.S. South China Morning Post, February 23, 2025

Max Planck Society offers a haven for top US researchers, University World News, February 21, 2025 Europe could be a ‘haven’ for US researchers, says ERC presidentScience Business, February 17, 2025

U.S. scientists, unnerved by policy changes, may yearn for escape — but find limited opportunitySTAT, February 14, 2025

 

EDITORIALS:

Europe can capture the US brain drain — if it acts fast, Nature, May 28, 2025

America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain, The Economist, May 21, 2025 Cuts in Research, and a Scientist Brain Drain, New York Times, May 21, 2025

America’s Coming Brain Drain: Trump’s War on Universities Could Kill U.S. Innovation, Foreign Affairs, May 6, 2025

Under Trump, America risks a brain-drain, The Hill, April 30, 2025

Will American academics flourish if they go abroad to escape Trump?, Times of Higher Education, April 10, 2025 The Next Generation of American Scientists Is Losing Faith. The New York Times, April 3, 2025

A brain drain would impoverish the United States and diminish world scienceNature, April 1, 2025

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent, The brain drain has started, The Guardian, March 24, 2025

 

ADDITIONAL MEDIA: 

Brain Drain: How Trump’s Policies Could Wreck American Innovation for Generations, MSNBC, June 1, 2025 Former MIT president says Trump's immigration policies are hurting innovationNPR: All Things Considered, May 18, 2025

Minister Lawless receives government approval to initiate programme to attract global talent to Ireland, Ireland Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, May 13, 2025

“Choose Europe for Science” Event at the Sorbonne in Paris, European Commission, May 5, 2025 American science brain drain, The Indicator from Planet Money – NPR, May 2, 2025

Brian Mikkelsen, Chief Executive Officer of the Danish Chamber of Commerce on LinkedIn, April 28, 2025 Choose France for Science: launch of the dedicated platform for applications to host international researchers, French National Research Agency (ANR), April 17, 2025

Chinese recruitment ad on Twitter/X Chinese recruitment ad on Bluesky

Funding cuts could lead to scientists leaving Massachusetts, governor says, CBS Boston, March 19, 2025 US cuts in science and research spark fears of far-reaching damage, DW News, March 14, 2025

Could America's Brain Drain Be Canada's Brain Gain?TVO Today, March 5, 2025

 

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