“We may very well see, as a result of what’s happened in these dramatic few months, a reverse brain drain, where we start to lose some of our best and brightest young scientists because they think they will have a better chance in another part of the world,” said Dr. Francis Collins, who left the NIH in February. “That would be terribly tragic.”
China, along with Australia and Europe, has already boosted its recruitment efforts, hoping to capitalize on the potential “brain drain” from America. In France, a new program called “Safe Place for Science” within Aix Marseille University has dedicated millions of dollars to entice students from the U.S.
And scholars, it seems, are ready to be lured. Three-quarters of American researchers and graduate students who responded to a recent survey in the weekly scientific journal Nature said they’re considering leaving the U.S. to work.
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