More than 1,600 respondents reflected the chilling effect across research fields caused by the slashing of federal funding for universities and science agencies.
Jennifer Jones, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, tells NPR that she has spoken with scientists, some of whom currently work at federal agencies and others who have been fired. Many of them say they are looking for opportunities abroad due to a lack of options for conducting their research with the government or at universities, Jones says.
How many of them would actually do it though
Keep in mind many of these scientists moved here from another country, or moved from coast to coast. It’s a pretty mobile group
Scientists are a lot like DnD parties, it seems.
It is nearly impossible to get them all into a room together with any frequency.
NPR reports that some are