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Because it's a reason to bash Trump. Trump gives plenty of reasons to be bashed, but this news article seems like a stretch.

• sherr 1y ago
  Taking a less cynical view, it's just successful Austrian PR.
  • htk 1y ago
    It's right in the first paragraph: "Austria has lured what it calls 25 "top researchers" away from U.S. institutions including Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton with grants set up in response to the Trump administration's funding cuts targeting universities."
    • throwacct 1y ago
      This article is missing key info. Which research areas are we talking about?
      • amanaplanacanal 1y ago
        > Recipients of the grants of 500,000 euros ($587,000) each over two years range from post-doctoral researchers to professors and work in fields such as physics, chemistry and life sciences, the Austrian Academy of Sciences said in a statement on Thursday.