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Austria Wants to Position Itself as a Safe Haven for International Science
Given the increasing restrictions on academic freedom in the U.S.A., the Austrian federal government has adopted a comprehensive package of measures to support international researchers and students. The Council approved the Minister's package and aims to strengthen Austria as an attractive and secure location for science.
In addition to other funding for international researchers, there will also be funding from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Peter Haas [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
The background is clear: in the U.S.A., Donald Trump's second presidency is causing massive cuts to the science system. Budget cuts at central institutions such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), attacks on academic freedom, and an ideologically motivated restructuring of public-private partnerships have led to a climate of…
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