US EditionTrump jeopardising US role as scientific leader: Nobel officials
Since January 2025, the National Institutes of Health cut $9.5 billion in grants, risking a brain drain and weakening U.S. leadership in global scientific research, Nobel officials said.
- Next week Nobel Prize officials in Sweden warned Donald Trump, President’s cuts could threaten the United States’ status as the world’s leading research nation.
- Since January the National Institutes of Health have terminated 2,100 research grants totaling around $2.6 billion and $2.6 billion in contracts, affecting vaccine, climate change, and DEI projects.
- Hans Ellegren warned that `Any nationalist or chauvinistically inclined regulation of academic activity hampers the global exchange of ideas and data` and noted China is investing `unbelievable resources`, risking US innovation.
- Some countries have moved to attract displaced US scientists, while non-American researchers may leave and younger generations of potential scientists may forgo research careers, Nobel officials said.
- Efforts are under way to restore some funding, but Nobel officials warned that without renewed investment and protection of academic freedoms, the US may soon lose its scientific leadership.
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Trump jeopardising U.S. role as scientific leader: Nobel officials
Read: 3 min Donald Trump’s assault on science could threaten the United States’ position as the world’s leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden said. Since taking office in January, the U.S. president has cut billions of dollars in funding, attacked universities’ academic freedoms and overseen mass layoffs of scientists across federal agencies. Next week, the Nobel Prizes will be announced in …
By attacking science, Donald Trump risks causing the United States to lose its place as a leading nation in scientific research, with repercussions around the world, warn Nobel Prize officials. This, given that the American president wants the Nobel Peace Prize. However, the chances of receiving it are slim, experts believe.
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Trump jeopardising US role as scientific leader: Nobel officials
Donald Trump's assault on science could threaten the United States' position as the world's leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP.
Nobel Officials Warn Trump’s Cuts To Science Funding Could Erode U.S. Global Leadership
Stockholm, Sweden: Nobel Prize officials have issued a stark warning that Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to U.S. scientific funding and academic freedoms could undermine the nation’s decades-long position as the world’s leading research hub—and cause ripple effects across global innovation.Since taking office, President Trump has slashed billions of dollars from research budgets, curtailed university freedoms, and overseen mass layoffs of federal …
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