Summary

Trump’s proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) threaten U.S. biomedical research, forcing many scientists to consider leaving the country.

A 7 February policy would slash NIH funding by two-thirds, though a federal judge has temporarily blocked it.

Researchers relying on these grants fear for their jobs, with some already exploring options abroad.

The cuts particularly impact neuroscience, diabetes, and bird flu research, while also dismantling DEI initiatives.

Many scientists warn of long-term consequences for innovation and global health collaboration.

    • Gloria@sh.itjust.works
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      Do not listen to him! Europe! Come to Europe! Great Benefits, long holidays and you can travel between multiple countries and temperature-zones. When staying in canada, you can only travel back to the US or take a plane to cross either one of the two biggest oceans to get anywhere. In Europe you can spend a decade without running out of places to go. Also: We love your brain. Please come to Europe!

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          YES! Especially germany! Senior developers are highly sought after. But you are expected to speak C1 german…

          Greetings from a german Software dev

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            Sounds like I need to brush up on my German then. Appreciate the answer.

            Greetings from a shithole country. Haha

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              To migrate to germany you need a safe income, job, place to stay and health insurance. You can get the health insurance after you have a contract.

              Problem about germany is. Its migration is very tought. Lose your job and you have to leave the country first day you become homeless, unless you are on the european bluecard

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                Ain’t that the truth. Haha, greetings from America. At this point I’m looking at options of what to do. So this definitely helps.

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                  Move to france, germany, spain, denmark, sweden,norway, ireland or any other country in europe except hungary and slovakia

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            You may get half but will have way more benefits than ever in the US. The median income of frontend dev is 60k in germany

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            Software engineering is dying in Switzerland. It’s flooded with layoffs from Credit Suisse, UBS, post covid Google and other faang layoffs in Zurich. IT almost doesn’t exist anywhere else in Switzerland, maybe except from Geneve CERN. Elsewhere they are job positions reserved for swiss if you can play swiss politics and speak Swiss German ( which you can learn only by being raised there )… I spent there 5 years and recently went back to Poland ( I speak both English and standard German but still … dont bank on this that its enough )

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      Problem is with the next generation of scientists. They can’t leave the country before they’ve made it.