French university opens doors to American researchers

[thewayne]

Aix-Marseille Université accepted applications from NASA, Yale, and Stanford scientists to move to France and continue their research under, shall we say, less politically-fraught conditions. The president of the université said, "We expect to be able to raise up to 15 million euros for a 3-year program, and will be working with local institutions to host around 15 researchers."

I expect other smart countries to do this. I know there are companies that already have facilities in Canada that are moving all operations up there. Apparently no one running the country realizes what the long-term ramifications of academic brain drain will have on the country.

https://www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/actualites/safe-place-science-aix-marseille-universite-ready-welcome-american-scientists

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Comments

[thewayne]

The uber-rich think that industry can do all the innovation and innovation needed.  They apparently have no idea how much comes from institutional research.  Very few of them have advanced degrees and have engaged in high-level institutional research.

[disneydream06]

A massive UGH to the desk sitters that push pencils. :o