I know scientists who want to move back home but can't because where they are from doesn't have funding for the research they do. Even with the uncertain federal funding it's still more viable than many places around the world.
replyI wonder where you suggest researchers go that is both granting funding and not attaching similar or more stringent strings to the money?
replyAny country that doesn't openly say that it will bar funding to grant applications that include any word from a given list of words. Which, of the countries on this planet, is quite a few.
replyWell, for most "someplace else", the choice is =$0 too.
replyYou don't think the rest of the world is doing funded research?
replyInterestingly, if the US stopped spending you’d need the top 17 remaining countries to double their spending to absorb the American science industry. Doubling is a tall order and seventeen is a large number. Most likely fewer scientists will find employment in government funded academia if this came to be.
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