It’s not like we take advantage of trump politics.
Not quite true:
“In May 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the launch of the Choose Europe for Science program, with funding of approximately €500 million to attract American candidates.”
For all of Europe? That’s definitely not “huge”. Well, at least we’re willing. At the same time I guess any more than that might have attracted Trump’s negative attention and we don’t won’t that now, do we, Uschi?
Not quite true:
“In May 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the launch of the Choose Europe for Science program, with funding of approximately €500 million to attract American candidates.”
https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/increased-erc-funding-top-global-researchers-moving-europe-now-confirmed
500million is basically irrelevant.
So yes, they do something, but compared to the whole budget of research this doesn’t make a dent.
For all of Europe? That’s definitely not “huge”. Well, at least we’re willing. At the same time I guess any more than that might have attracted Trump’s negative attention and we don’t won’t that now, do we, Uschi?
Ir should be an order of magnitude greater than that. But it’s better than nothing.