Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity or political party,” said Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in a May 5 speech in Paris. That’s why, she continued, “Europe will always make the case for the world's scientists to Choose Europe.”The Choose Europe initiative, launched in Paris, includes funding of €500 million ($556 million) over the next 2 years intended to make Europe a “magnet” for researchers. On the same day, French president Emmanuel Macron pledged another €1 million ($1.1 million) to attract researchers to France specifically.Other national governments worldwide are doing the same.While few of the recruitment initiatives explicitly mention the US in their materials, multiple governments see opportunities to attract bright minds to their shores. Are you a chemist or chemical engineer who is considering leaving the US to take up one of these offers? Or are you already buying plane tickets?
Friday, May 16, 2025
C&EN wants to know - do you want to leave the US?
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I like chemistry, but I don't like it enough to see my family once a year or so.
ReplyDeleteThese offers are nice publicly but in real terms the EU wouldn't be able absorb many of the US scientists and/or engineers that are being impacted by the current volatility in the US. While I would mind leaving, these offers are only going to go to the "elite". The people with excellent networks and marketing skills.
ReplyDeleteI am sure they will attract some people on the margins, but given the quite wide salary gap between US and European (or anywhere else) scientists, it is difficult to justify the change in most cases. I plan to retire abroad in my wife's home country, but moving there before retirement is just not in the cards because my salary here in the US is double what it would be there.
ReplyDeleteMy pedigree is basically >90% Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the UK, am still fluently bilingual, but have been stuck in the US for basically two decades with only a US passport. Sure the absence of family in the US and child in Switzerland are great reasons to leave, but you gotta have a job. Switzerland has been a hard nut to crack.
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