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'Science refugees': French university welcomes first US researchers (phys.org)

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Eight American researchers have arrived at a university in southern France, as the country pushes to offer "science asylum" to US academics hit by federal research spending cuts under Donald Trump.

The University of Aix-Marseille (AMU) welcomed the scholars on Thursday, following the March launch of its "Safe Place for Science" initiative, the first among 20 set to relocate there in coming months.

The program has already drawn nearly 300 applicants from top institutions such as Stanford, NASA, and Berkeley.

The development comes as US universities have been threatened since Trump's return to the White House with massive federal funding cuts, causing research programs to face closures.

Some staff also fear possible detention and deportation for their political views.

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[–] CatherineLily@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Thus, the republicans handed the future of america away.