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EU is offering what was on the table anyway. EU academia was always more accessible and less competitive than US academia, for obvious reasons. Downside of that
by geremiiah 1y ago
EU is offering what was on the table anyway. EU academia was always more accessible and less competitive than US academia, for obvious reasons. Downside of that is you get to work in environments with a sparser density of talent and accomplishments.
- DrFalkyn 1y agoI thought it was the exact opposite. European universities were a lot harder to get a faculty appointment. And they tended to favor local candidates , Which is why you see a lot of US universities have foreign professors, but not as many European universities that do
- geremiiah 1y agoI was not talking about faculty appointments, but more junior academics. For people at that level I would think it even less likely that they would upend their whole life like this. They are probably married with kids at that point.
- DrFalkyn 1y agoIn academia you are forced to go where the jobs are, or else you leave the field. Yes I have known people married with kids who move overseas
- pavlov 1y agoThat last part is what they're hoping will change now that the US has become hostile to foreign talent.
- klunger 1y agoNo, it is a new fund that is only for scientists coming from outside Europe. https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/choose-europe-science-erc-welcomes-new-budget-super-grants https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/choose-europe-science...
- geremiiah 1y agoWhat I mean, is that for any international academic who has managed to get into US academia, it was always an option to consider Europe, where funding was always easier to get.