American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history

Are institutions elsewhere massively increasing funding and positions?

Aren't all the non-bankruptible tuition fees providing plenty of funding already? Where's that money going? The football team?

The gov't here in Norway put $10 million on the table[1] for 2026 as a response to what's going on in the US. Due to reasons they can't direct it solely at US researchers, but the intent is there:

The minister has followed the recent developments in the United States closely:

"Academic freedom is under pressure in the United States, and it is an unpredictable situation for many researchers in what has been the world's leading research nation for many decades. We have had close dialogue with the Norwegian knowledge communities and my Nordic colleagues about the development. It has been important for me to find good measures that we can put in place quickly, and therefore I have asked the Research Council to prioritize grant funding schemes that we can implement rapidly," says Aasland.

The program is meant to last years, we'll see how it goes.

Now I know, $10m ain't much in the grand scheme of things, but we're just 5 million folks over here.

[1]: https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/news/2025/100-million-nok-...

That’s like a couple of DoE grants in the US.

It's an example showing that institutions elsewhere are actually responding to this (a question asked by the parent post), and Norway will very likely not be alone here.

Yeah I just mentioned Norway since I'm Norwegian. Other EU countries are doing similar, like France[1].

[1]: https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-first-academic-refugees...

100M NOK is a 1% increase to Norway's annual research budget, but to replace what the current US administration is asking Congress to cut the whole of Europe would have to raise its funding level by 300-400%.