‘We live in a different world’: Australia urges diversifying from US universities

‘We live in a different world’: Australia urges diversifying from US universities

Hundreds of millions of dollars in research funding is on the line amid the Trump administration’s threats of cuts.

Australia urges universities to diversify research away from U.S.

Australian foreign minister Penny Wong urged universities to seek greater research cooperation with partners outside the US following the Trump administration’s threat of funding cuts to the sector.  At least seven Australian universities are facing a potential reduction in funding after they received lengthy questionnaires from the U.S. government asking how their projects aligned with President Donald Trump’s domestic and foreign policy priori…