State to co-fund salaries in bid to poach US academics

Ireland seeks to poach top academics from abroad, as State commits to attractive salary top up

The Cabinet will discuss the proposal today.

State to co-fund salaries in bid to poach US academics

Initiative is expected to target, among others, disillusioned academics who have lost financial backing due to Trump administration

Government offering to pay higher salaries to attract leading academics fleeing Donald Trump’s education threats

The Government will seek to attract academics and ­university lecturers to Ireland under a new scheme which would use state funds to boost their salaries.

Non-US Institutions Marketing Positions to US Scholars Looking to Flee the Country

The continuous news about agencies like the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation having their funding cut and their grants being rescinded, the Trump administration’s attacks on academic freedom, plus the high-profile emigration of some US academics, has created a marketing opportunity that non-US institutions of higher education are starting to take advantage of. The message they’re sending is: “hey US acade…