{"id":667114,"date":"2025-05-05T13:57:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/france-eu-leaders-spearhead-effort-to-lure-us-scientists\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T13:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:57:32","slug":"france-eu-leaders-spearhead-effort-to-lure-us-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/france-eu-leaders-spearhead-effort-to-lure-us-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"France, EU leaders spearhead effort to lure US scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a379f4cc6014\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a379f4cc6014\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/france-eu-leaders-spearhead-effort-to-lure-us-scientists\/#Flood_of_applicants\" >Flood of applicants<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/scientists.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/scientists.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/scientists.jpg\" alt=\"scientists\" title=\"Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen host a Paris conference Monday to attract US researchers ready to relocate because of President Donald Trump&#8217;s policies.<\/p>\n<p>EU commissioners, scientists and ministers for research from member countries will discuss, among other things, financial incentives at the gathering to lure disgruntled American scientists across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>Paris&#8217;s Sorbonne University is hosting the conference, called &#8220;Choose Europe for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>,&#8221; which is to close with speeches by Macron and von der Leyen.<\/p>\n<p>Under Trump, universities and research facilities in the United States have come under increasing political and financial pressure, including from threats of massive federal funding cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Research programs face closure, tens of thousands of federal workers have been fired, while foreign students fear possible deportation for their political views.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union hopes to offer an alternative for researchers and, by the same token, &#8220;defend our strategic interests and promote a universalist vision,&#8221; an official in Macron&#8217;s office told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The French president had already last month <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ealed to foreign, notably US, researchers to &#8220;choose France&#8221; and unveiled plans for a funding program to help universities and other research bodies cover the cost of bringing foreign scientists to France.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flood_of_applicants\"><\/span>Flood of applicants<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Shortly before, Aix Marseille University in the south of the country said its &#8220;Safe Place for Science&#8221; scheme received a flood of applicants after announcing in March it would open its doors to US scientists threatened by cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, France&#8217;s flagship scientific research center CNRS launched a new initiative aimed at attracting foreign researchers whose work is threatened and French researchers working abroad, some of whom &#8220;don&#8217;t want to live and raise their children in Trump&#8217;s United States,&#8221; according to CNRS President Antoine Petit.<\/p>\n<p>An official in Macron&#8217;s office said Monday&#8217;s conference comes &#8220;at a time when academic freedoms are retreating and under threat in a number of cases and Europe is a continent of attractiveness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Experts say, however, that while EU countries can offer competitive research infrastructure and a high quality of life, research funding and researchers&#8217; remuneration both lag far behind US levels.<\/p>\n<p>But CNRS&#8217;s Petit said last week he hoped that the pay gap will seem less significant once the lower cost of education and health, and more generous <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> benefits are taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>Macron&#8217;s office said France and the EU are targeting researchers in a number of specific sectors, including health, climate, biodiversity, artificial intelligence and space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \u00a9 2025 AFP\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrance, EU leaders spearhead effort to lure US scientists (2025, May 5)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tretrieved 5 May 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2025-05-france-eu-leaders-spearhead-effort.html\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t This document is subject to copyright. 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