Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in U.S. cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them
Universities worldwide are always trying to recruit from one another, just as tech companies and businesses in other fields do. What’s unusual about the current moment is that many global recruiters are targeting researchers by promising something that seems newly threatened: academic freedom… But some institutions abroad are reporting significant early interest from researchers in the U.S. Nearly half of the applications to Safe Place for Science — 139 out of 300 total — came from U.S.-based scientists, including AI researchers and astrophysicists… Recruiters who work with companies and nonprofits say they see a similar trend.
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by Christina Larson, Adithi Ramakrishnan and Jamey Keaten, The Los Angeles Times.