"Over two-thirds said they recommend their students consider careers outside academia. The majority had delayed hiring in their labs, and one-third had laid off workers. More than one in six said they have lost researchers to institutions in other countries since Trump took office. Sixty-eight percent said funding cuts and federal policy changes had moderately or significantly reduced the scope of their work."
"A prominent cancer scientist is uprooting his Harvard University lab of two decades and moving it to Texas. A laid-off expert on aging abandoned academia for a more secure municipal research job in New York City. And a women's health researcher, exhausted by the churn of immigration policies, made the wrenching decision to start over in Canada."
"The Trump administration's research funding cuts, abrupt policy shifts, and crackdown on immigration are driving a brain drain that threatens Massachusetts' standing as a global hub of biomedical research, its economy - and the fight against major diseases such as childhood cancers, Alzheimer's, and sickle cell."
A Boston Globe survey of nearly 4,000 NIH-funded scientists reveals significant impacts from Trump administration research funding cuts and policy shifts. Over two-thirds of respondents recommend students pursue careers outside academia. The majority delayed hiring, one-third laid off workers, and more than one in six lost researchers to foreign institutions. Sixty-eight percent report funding cuts and policy changes moderately or significantly reduced their work scope. Notable scientists have relocated their labs—a cancer researcher moved from Harvard to Texas, an aging expert left academia for municipal work in New York, and a women's health researcher relocated to Canada. These departures threaten Massachusetts' position as a global biomedical research hub and jeopardize progress on major diseases including childhood cancers, Alzheimer's, and sickle cell disease.
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