Remember when we said a brain drain was coming? It’s not coming anymore — it’s here. With Trump cutting billions in research funding and cracking down on universities, job applications abroad are spiking — up 41% for Canada alone.
France is rolling out welcome mats. Germany’s Max Planck institutes are creating whole programs to attract American talent. Grants are disappearing mid-project, studies are suspended, and labs are gutted. Researchers aren’t just looking elsewhere. They’re being forced out. The question isn’t whether there’s a brain drain. It’s whether we’ll have any science left to defend.
