After Trump's Reelection & Cuts To Science, These U.S. Scientists Found Jobs In U.K., Abroad - NPR
- 'After Trump's Reelection, These U.S. Scientists Found Jobs in the U.K.' NPR, 6.30.26. - Photos.
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For decades, the U.S. was seen as a nation that prized its universities and scientific researchers.
That changed when President Trump began his second term, says Megan Peters, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Irvine. "It became very apparent, very quickly, that the new administration did not value higher education," she says, or the scientific research done at universities.
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought appears before the House Budget Committee at the U.S. Capitol on April 15. The budget office recently proposed a rule change that would give political appointees more decision-making power over research grants.
"So when I went on the job market, I started looking around overseas," Peters says. So have many other U.S.-based research scientists. An analysis by the journal Nature found that in the first quarter of 2025, U.S. scientists submitted nearly a third more applications for jobs abroad than they had during the same period in 2024.
In March 2025, a survey of more than 1,600 scientists in the U.S. found that 75% were considering leaving the U.S. Now, a growing number of prominent U.S. researchers are reporting that they have accepted posts in countries including Europe, Canada and the United Kingdom... More,
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5875206/trumps-cuts-science-researchers-move-abroad