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Mass migration of US scientists to Europe

"According to data from the European Research Council (ERC), the European Union’s premier funding agency for basic research, applications from the United States for its starting, consolidator and advanced grants to individual researchers — worth up to €2.5 million apiece over five years — rose by 120% in its most recent round of calls, compared with an overall rise in applications of 17% (see ‘Choosing Europe’)."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00362-w
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[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 5 points 13 hours ago

BS in engineering here

I left the US for the EU in 2024 and a lot of people in my field have done the same. Not uncommon in engineering even without a masters degree