French university opens doors to ‘threatened’ US scientists

A French university announced on Wednesday 5 March it would welcome scientists from the United States working in areas threatened by funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration, reports the AFP.

In response, France’s Aix-Marseille University announced a new programme to welcome scientists who “may feel threatened or hindered” in the United States and want “to continue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence and academic freedom”.

University president Eric Berton told AFPTV that he would have preferred not to have had to issue this “recruitment call”. He noted: “The risk these researchers face is that their projects will lose funding and that they themselves – if they are foreigners – will have to return to their home countries.”
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