Europe looks to poach US researchers as Trump cuts funding: Politico
- The Trump administration's policies have led to significant funding cuts for research agencies like the National Institutes of Health, which could reduce their budgets by as much as $4 billion, according to estimates.
- Belgium's Vrije Universiteit Brussel is offering 12 postdoctoral positions aimed at attracting American researchers affected by political interference, calling it 'scientific asylum.'
- France's Aix-Marseille University launched a €15 million program to attract U.S. Researchers, receiving around 100 applications within two weeks, as reported by university president Éric Berton.
- European institutions are presenting themselves as refuges for open inquiry, with leaders like VUB rector Jan Danckaert stating, 'We see it as our duty to come to the aid of our American colleagues.
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A current of research, "agnotology", has been interested in what escapes knowledge and how ignorance spreads, sometimes for the best and often for the worst. With Donald Trump and his attacks on science and research, it is politics that puts itself at the service of the destruction of knowledge.
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