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I could only find 4 names: 1 full prof at Vanderbilt with a real research program who has been listed as PI on a bunch of grants. "Top researcher" may be gener

I could only find 4 names: 1 full prof at Vanderbilt with a real research program who has been listed as PI on a bunch of grants. "Top researcher" may be generous, but based on nothing I'd say reasonable description. The other 3: 1 is a VU Amsterdam PhD who was on a Netherlands Government funded 24-month postdoc in Harvard who's been at VU Amsterdam since 2017. 1 is an adjunct (on leave) prof from Israel who has worked at a few german universities, most recently an Munster (doesn't qualify for the 30% rule). The last resigned over a year ago and has been contracting at a couple UK universities. This seems less like "Top researchers leave USA" and more like "Typical Academic Bag Chasing"

budsniffer952 2mo ago
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- LastTrain 2mo ago
  It’s weird what you find gross, budsniffer. I find sending the military to police US citizens gross. I find killing peaceful protesters gross no matter who does it. I find the president issuing memecoins on the eve of his inauguration gross. I don’t root for Iran, but that doesn’t mean I support what we are doing to them either.
searine 2mo ago
Its not just what makes the news. There is a cooling effect happening in recruiting international talent. Science is heavily international, and if people feel like they won't get funding/wont be safe here, they won't come.
- Shocka1 2mo ago
  I know this is anecdotal, but my engineering graduate program at a well known private university in the NE had roughly 300 graduates, more than half of them on student visas. I feel it's more popular than ever to act as though one has ideals, but there is an endless supply of talent waiting for a spot at these prestigious American universities.
voxl 2mo ago
Researchers _would_ leave in droves if they could. But it turns out the entire world doesn't actually care much for research. The US was actually unique in that regard.
- hashstring 2mo ago
  That’s not true and uninformed. What even makes you believe this? Europe has tons of top research universities. Both EU and China are competing with the US [0]. And this news is not an isolated event. The majority of Americans rank US higher education research and innovation as: poor [1]. US top universities are shrinking PhD programs [2. The thing that makes the US unique is that they are really dropping the ball in a lot of areas, because of bad leadership of the financial and political “elite”. [0] https://sciencebusiness.net/news/universities/how-eu-research-stacks-against-world-three-charts https://sciencebusiness.net/news/universities/how-eu-researc... [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/15/growing-share-of-americans-say-the-us-higher-education-system-is-headed-in-the-wrong-direction/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/15/growing-s... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/research-universities-fewer-phds-science.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/research-universities-...
Freak_NL 2mo ago
> I could only find 4 names: They haven't published the full list of the 34 researchers accepted so far: > Namen van de 34 bursalen maakt NWO niet bekend, aldus een woordvoerder, omdat de aanstellingsprocedures nog lopen en sommige onderzoekers geen publiciteit willen. (NRC July 7th, https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/07/07/tulp-fonds-voor-academici-trekt-vooral-amerikanen-a4931868 https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/07/07/tulp-fonds-voor-academi...) So you'll only find the names of those who are now in a position to speak out about this issue.

budsniffer952 2mo ago

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LastTrain 2mo ago
It’s weird what you find gross, budsniffer. I find sending the military to police US citizens gross. I find killing peaceful protesters gross no matter who does it. I find the president issuing memecoins on the eve of his inauguration gross. I don’t root for Iran, but that doesn’t mean I support what we are doing to them either.

searine 2mo ago

Its not just what makes the news. There is a cooling effect happening in recruiting international talent. Science is heavily international, and if people feel like they won't get funding/wont be safe here, they won't come.

Shocka1 2mo ago
I know this is anecdotal, but my engineering graduate program at a well known private university in the NE had roughly 300 graduates, more than half of them on student visas. I feel it's more popular than ever to act as though one has ideals, but there is an endless supply of talent waiting for a spot at these prestigious American universities.

voxl 2mo ago

Researchers _would_ leave in droves if they could. But it turns out the entire world doesn't actually care much for research. The US was actually unique in that regard.

hashstring 2mo ago
That’s not true and uninformed. What even makes you believe this? Europe has tons of top research universities. Both EU and China are competing with the US [0]. And this news is not an isolated event. The majority of Americans rank US higher education research and innovation as: poor [1]. US top universities are shrinking PhD programs [2. The thing that makes the US unique is that they are really dropping the ball in a lot of areas, because of bad leadership of the financial and political “elite”. [0] https://sciencebusiness.net/news/universities/how-eu-research-stacks-against-world-three-charts https://sciencebusiness.net/news/universities/how-eu-researc... [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/15/growing-share-of-americans-say-the-us-higher-education-system-is-headed-in-the-wrong-direction/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/15/growing-s... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/research-universities-fewer-phds-science.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/research-universities-...

Freak_NL 2mo ago

> I could only find 4 names: They haven't published the full list of the 34 researchers accepted so far: > Namen van de 34 bursalen maakt NWO niet bekend, aldus een woordvoerder, omdat de aanstellingsprocedures nog lopen en sommige onderzoekers geen publiciteit willen. (NRC July 7th, https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/07/07/tulp-fonds-voor-academici-trekt-vooral-amerikanen-a4931868 https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/07/07/tulp-fonds-voor-academi...) So you'll only find the names of those who are now in a position to speak out about this issue.