Listed: Europe’s latest offers to US academics fleeing Trump

03 Jun 2025 | News

US researchers moving to Europe, here’s what each EU country is offering you

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Not even six months into his second term, Donald Trump’s administration has gutted national research institutes of their scientists and withheld further funding from universities and research centres. 

US academics now looking across the Atlantic to continue their careers have seen many opportunities pop up in recent months designed to attract researchers to Europe.

The EU’s Choose Europe for Science is the chief draw, promising €500 million in “super grants” for researchers working in (or choosing to move to) a host institution in a Horizon Europe country. 

But national governments have been offering their own sweeteners over…