US EditionEU announces $567M package for 2025-2027 to attract researchers
- Ursula von der Leyen, head of the European Commission, together with French President Emmanuel Macron, revealed a €500 million incentive program running from 2025 to 2027 aimed at encouraging researchers to relocate to the EU, announced during an event at Paris's Sorbonne University.
- They introduced the package amid concerns about significant funding cuts and policy changes targeting US research programs under President Donald Trump’s administration.
- The EU plans to reduce bureaucracy, offer longer contracts, higher allowances, tax incentives, and legal protections to promote free and open scientific research across its 27 member states.
- Von der Leyen called undermining research freedom a 'gigantic miscalculation,' while Macron urged researchers to 'choose France' and rejected any governmental 'diktat' restricting inquiry.
- This initiative aims to make Europe a magnet for global researchers by guaranteeing freedom of science and addressing threats from current US policies, potentially reshaping research talent flows.
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Trump cuts science funds, France tells scientists 'come, join us'
As US President Donald Trump’s tightens control over academia by proposing 2026 budget slashes NASA’s funding by 24%, threatening to cancel major moon missions and crippling science programs, Europe is seizing the moment. At a Paris conference, French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a €500 million package to attract US-based scientists.
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PARIS — The European Union launched a drive on Monday to attract scientists and researchers to Europe with offers of grants and new policy plans,...
EU spends half a billion to attract scientists from the US: 'A magnet for researchers'
The European Union is trying to lure American scientists who want to leave because of President Donald Trump's policies. Brussels is drawing 500 million euros to make Europe 'a magnet for researchers'.
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