#EU: The European #Research Council will get substantial additional #funding for larger, longer-term 'super grants' that #researchers based in the #USA or elsewhere who wish to move to #Europe will be able to apply for: erc.europa.eu/news-events/... #science #scientists >> Welcome!
Choose Europe for Science: ERC...
@helenczerski Yes, it's infuriating, but we must keep fighting! Use our new toolkit for contacting elected officials to demand they #DefendResearch. Make calls with our script & background information (with testimonials from #researchers), then share with your networks and ask them to do the same! https://www.defendresearch.org/take-action/toolkits-for-action
Fantasy Becomes Reality as Trump Takes Revenge on #Disinformation #Researchers
“ @claesdevreese, Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam, argues that ties with US peers and the careers of young scholars have been jeopardized by cuts to US research.”
I'm running a study looking at how academics/researchers get feedback on their research and we need just a few more responses. If you'd like to help, the online survey is here:
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#LabPlot, the project for #statisticians, #researchers, #scientists, #engineers, #educators and #students, publishes version 2.12 of its #FREE comprehensive #dataAnalysis and #visualization tool. 
This version adds more plots and #plot sub-types, expands the number of functions for spreadsheets, includes new analysis tools, as well as an experimental software development kit.
The project is partly funded through @NGIZero.
NEW Journal Article: "Understanding #ORCID Adoption Among Academic #Researchers" #libraries #scholcomm
https://www.infodocket.com/2025/04/27/journal-article-understanding-orcid-adoption-among-academic-researchers/ #libraries #scholcomm
An OpenAI researcher who worked on GPT-4.5 had their green card denied | TechCrunch https://tcrn.ch/3YNUuVm (she’s now working remotely from Vancouver) #AI #researchers
![Text Shot: Kai Chen, a Canadian AI researcher working at OpenAI who’s lived in the U.S. for 12 years, was denied a green card, according to Noam Brown, a leading research scientist at the company. In a post on X, Brown said that Chen learned of the decision Friday and must soon leave the country.
“It’s deeply concerning that one of the best AI researchers I’ve worked with […] was denied a U.S. green card,” wrote Brown. “A Canadian who’s lived and contributed here for 12 years now has to leave. We’re risking America’s AI leadership when we turn away talent like this.”
Another OpenAI employee, Dylan Hunn, said in a post that Chen was “crucial” for GPT-4.5, one of OpenAI’s flagship AI models.
Green cards can be denied for all sorts of reasons, and the decision won’t cost Chen her job. In a follow-up post, Brown said that Chen plans to work remotely from an Airbnb in Vancouver “until [the] mess hopefully gets sorted out.” But it’s the latest example of foreign talent facing high barriers…](https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/405/791/727/635/692/original/dd76fa68deb32a29.png "Text Shot: Kai Chen, a Canadian AI researcher working at OpenAI who’s lived in the U.S. for 12 years, was denied a green card, according to Noam Brown, a leading research scientist at the company. In a post on X, Brown said that Chen learned of the decision Friday and must soon leave the country.
“It’s deeply concerning that one of the best AI researchers I’ve worked with […] was denied a U.S. green card,” wrote Brown. “A Canadian who’s lived and contributed here for 12 years now has to leave. We’re risking America’s AI leadership when we turn away talent like this.”
Another OpenAI employee, Dylan Hunn, said in a post that Chen was “crucial” for GPT-4.5, one of OpenAI’s flagship AI models.
Green cards can be denied for all sorts of reasons, and the decision won’t cost Chen her job. In a follow-up post, Brown said that Chen plans to work remotely from an Airbnb in Vancouver “until [the] mess hopefully gets sorted out.” But it’s the latest example of foreign talent facing high barriers…")
Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a #US #science #BrainDrain. A trawl of job views and application data suggests #jobseekers are looking abroad as the #Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01216-7 #science #sciences #research #researchers #education #healthcare #medicine #pharmaceuticals
@noamross Critical work--thank you for this! #researchers who've lost funding, consider providing a testimonial about the impact of this form of censorship on your work! https://www.defendresearch.org/testimonials
"#DeepSeek, and the #opensource #AIecosystem surrounding it, has rapidly evolved from a brief snapshot of technological brilliance into something much bigger—and much harder to stop. Tens of thousands of developers, from seasoned #researchers to passionate #hobbyists, are now working on enhancing, tuning, and extending these open source models in ways no centralized entity could manage alone."
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3960764/deepseeks-open-source-movement.html
How #stupid do we have to be? #Scientists and #researchers like these make #America truly #great. Not the #idiot #felon in the #WhiteHouse. To #detain such #brains in #ICE centers is the worst #disservice to the #nation.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/images-could-change-cancer-diagnostics-213439536.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/09/us/us-immigration-student-visas-revoked/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc More than 500 student visas revoked as the government expands reasons for #deportation
CNN has reviewed court filings, statements from attorneys and announcements from more than 80 universities and colleges around the country and confirmed that more than 525 #students, #faculty and #researchers have had their #visas revoked this year.
https://www.europesays.com/2004569/ Could there be extraterrestrial life on another planet? • FRANCE 24 English #Aliens #atmosphere #breaking #estraterrestrial #F24 #france #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FranceNews #france24 #FRANCE24English #FrenchNews #Headlines #international #jameswebbspace #jameswebbspacetelescope #Latest #life #News #NewsFrance #planet #researchers #solarsystem #system #TopStories #tv #world
Rare Colossal Squid Captured on Live Video for the First Time – And It’s a Baby https://petapixel.com/2025/04/16/rare-colossal-squid-captured-on-live-video-for-the-first-time-and-its-a-baby/ #remotelyoperated #underwaterdrone #colossalsquid #researchers #antarctic #science #squid #News #baby
https://www.europesays.com/2000568/ Researchers uncover key paleolithic findings in cave, western Iran #archaeology #CaveIran #Conflicts #FereidounBiglari #Ghamari #ICOMOS #Iran #Lorestan #NationalMuseumOfIran #Paleolithic #researchers #tourism #travel
Scientists Intrigued by Tree That Harnesses Electricity to Kill Its Enemies https://www.byteseu.com/918312/ #Arsenal #LightningStrike #researchers #Science #TonkaBean
#Eindhoven Tech President Robert-Jan Smits said bringing in #US scientists could boost #Europe's #technological sovereignty in areas like #semiconductors.
#Belgium's sister #universities Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Université Libre de Bruxelles launched a scheme encouraging US-based #researchers to apply for 36 postdoctoral positions. And the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which promotes the exchange of top scientists to #Germany, plans to increase its programs by ~20%.
"Regulatory #uncertainty, #funding cuts, #immigration restrictions, & diminished international collaboration create a perfect storm for #BrainDrain," said Gray McDowell at…Capgemini Invent.
…#Europe's political leaders feel the stance of the #Trump admin has put wind in their sails.
"The American government is currently using brute force against the #universities in the #USA, so that #researchers from #America are now contacting Europe," #Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, said.
In #Germany, as part of coalition talks for a new govt, conservatives and Social Democrats have drawn up plans to lure up to 1,000 #researchers, acc/to negotiation docs from March seen by Reuters that allude to the upheaval in #US higher learning.
Reuters spoke to 13 European #universities & #research institutes that reported seeing an increase in US-based employees considering crossing the Atlantic, as well as half a dozen US-based #academics pondering a move to #Europe.
The European Research Council, an #EU body that finances #scientific work, told Reuters it would double the relocation budget for funding #researchers moving to the EU to €2 million ($2.16 million) per applicant. That goes towards covering the cost of moving to a European institution, which may involve setting up a laboratory.
