For decades, the United States has been the destination for scientific talent from around the globe. Now, with the Trump administration’s mass layoffs and cuts to scientific research at the National Institutes of Health, that could be about to change.
Earlier this month, a proposal leaked showing the Trump administration’s draft plan to slash the National Institutes of Health budget. The NIH is the largest biomedical research agency in the world. The administration’s proposal would cut more than 40% from its $47 billion budget and consolidate its 27 institutes and centers into just eight, eliminating four.
The plan has shaken up the agency and the broader scientific community, since so much medical research depends on NIH funding. It also appears to have the potential to cause young scientists to look abroad to continue their work.
Medical research brain drain: Why scientists could flee the U.S.
