The Trump administration's spending cuts and restrictions on foreign students are triggering a brain drain — and American scientists are panicking, Axios' Erica Pandey reports. U.S. researchers' fears are coming true. America's science pipeline is drying up, and countries like China are seizing the opportunity to surge ahead.
"This is such a race for being the science powerhouse that you never fully recover," says Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences....
The National Science Foundation, which funds much of America's fundamental science research, is already doling out grants at its slowest pace in 35 years, The New York Times reports.
While American universities are rescinding offers to incoming PhD students, other countries are recruiting heavily — setting aside cash for U.S. scientists and even sending personal emails. The journal Nature analyzed data from its jobs platform to track where scientists are looking for work. In the first few months of the Trump administration, there were jumps in the the number of U.S. applicants looking for jobs in Canada (+41%), Europe (+32%), China (+20%) and other Asian countries (+39%), compared with the same period in 2024.
"This is a once-in-a-century brain gain opportunity," the Australian Strategic Policy Institute wrote in a brief. ... Share this story.
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