Nearly 300 scientists apply for French academic program amid Trump cuts in U.S.

[babylonsister]

Sounds like a brain drain to me. Yay, US.


Nearly 300 scientists apply for French academic program amid Trump cuts in U.S.
April 18, 20252:43 PM ET
By Alana Wise


A French university courting U.S.-based academics said it has already received nearly 300 applications for researchers seeking "refugee status" amid President Trump's elimination of funding for several scientific programs.

Last month, Aix-Marseille University, one of the country's oldest and largest universities, announced it was accepting applications for its Safe Place For Science program, which it said offers "a safe and stimulating environment for scientists wishing to pursue their research in complete freedom."

This week, Aix-Marseille said it had received 298 applications, and 242 of them are eligible and currently up for review. Of the eligible applicants, 135 are American, 45 have a dual nationality, 17 are French and 45 are from other countries, the university said.

"I am pleased that this request for the creation of scientific refugee status has found both media and political traction," university President Éric Berton said in a statement.

The public research university said there is an even split between male and female applicants, with backgrounds from various prestigious U.S. institutions including Johns Hopkins University, NASA, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Yale and Stanford. About 20 Americans will be accepted into the program to begin in June.

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https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5368132/us-researchers-scientists-apply-french-university-program

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Reverse Albert Einstein

(Einstein immigrated to the U.S. because of German antisemitism. BTW, the U.S. had a quota on Jewish immigration, but they found room for Eistein.)

[Meowmee]

3. Harvard and other private U had a limit quota on Jewish students

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Tip of the iceberg.