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.

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[–] [email protected] 111 points 3 days ago (27 children)

Great! Leave the US and come prosper in Canada.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 3 days ago (24 children)

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!

[–] ChillPenguin 10 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Does Europe need IT workers? Software engineers?

[–] SkunkWorkz 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yes but the pay is literally half of what you could get in the states except for Switzerland.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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 )

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Rents are also 1/2. Cannot vouch for devs, but in our IT department, nobody speaks German.

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