Will Trump's funding cuts help Europe lure top research talent from the US?

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Will Trump's funding cuts help Europe lure top research talent from the US?  As Trump continues to cut research funding, a new analysis shows that up to a fifth of researchers in top US universities have previously studied in Europe, raising the question of how to attract them back to the EU.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/18/could-europe-bring-in-top-research-talent-from-the-us-amid-trumps-funding-cuts  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Could Europe grab research talent from the US?

00:07As Trump cuts research funding, three-quarters of US-based researchers are considering leaving

00:13the country, according to a poll by Nature. In 2024, the US accounted for 36% of all

00:19highly-cited researchers, compared to 21% in China and 19% in the EU.

00:25While the EU retains a significant portion of its own talent, it also contributes substantially

00:31to the global pool of top researchers outside of the EU, particularly to the US.

00:367.7% of highly-cited researchers at Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania and Columbia earned

00:44their PhD in the EU. However, the salary gap between US and EU academics remains significant.

00:50A top researcher at the University of California can earn between $500,000 and over $1 million

00:57annually, while even the highest-paid professors at top European institutions typically earn

01:03no more than 75,000 euros.

01:06Initiatives such as Choose Europe, which includes a 500 million euros package aimed at attracting

01:12researchers to Europe, alongside efforts to reduce barriers for international students

01:17students and researchers could lead to important changes in the long run.

01:21Yet, between 2022 and 2024, the most attractive destinations for US graduates who wanted to move

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