{"id":2430988,"date":"2025-05-05T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/europe-launches-super-grant-to-attract-us-researchers-hit-by-government-cuts-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T12:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:21:32","slug":"europe-launches-super-grant-to-attract-us-researchers-hit-by-government-cuts-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/europe-launches-super-grant-to-attract-us-researchers-hit-by-government-cuts-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe launches \u2018super grant\u2019 to attract US researchers hit by government cuts &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feurope-launches-super-grant-to-attract-us-researchers-hit-by-government-cuts-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2430988&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh European Union is launching a &#8220;super grant&#8221; worth $566 million to attract U.S. scientific researchers who have been impacted by meaningful funding cuts from the Trump administration, which recently eliminated over 380 domestic grant programs. This grant will be available between 2025 and 2027. French President Emmanuel Macron criticized these cuts, emphasizing the unexpected nature of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cutting research programs based<\/a> on diversity criteria. The European Union is also working on legislation to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-investigating-universities-over-radical-ideas-imported-from-the-united-states\/\" title=\"France Investigating Universities Over \u2018Radical\u2019 Ideas \u2018Imported From The United States\u2019\">scientific research<\/a> from similar threats, as noted by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who affirmed that diversity is essential to science. Meanwhile,President Trump&#8217;s fiscal budget plan proposes a 40% reduction in funding for the National Institute of Health,citing concerns over its size and management.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Europe launches &lsquo;super grant&rsquo; to attract US researchers hit by government cuts<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2018456\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\">European Union<\/a>&nbsp;is offering a &ldquo;super grant&rdquo; valued at $566 million to U.S.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/science\/\" target=\"_blank\">scientific researchers<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The grant, which will be offered between 2025 and 2027, comes as the Trump administration has cut more than 380 domestic grant programs in the last month. Trump justified the cuts by saying they violated his executive order, which prohibited funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion directives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3400463\/trump-greenland-military-force-us-take-island\/\">US military force to take Greenland &#8216;could happen,&#8217; Trump reiterates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3400310\/hegseth-visit-israel-ahead-of-trump-middle-east-trip-report\/\">Hegseth to visit Israel ahead of Trump&#8217;s first foreign trip to Middle East: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3400290\/sheinbaum-reveals-she-told-trump-rejecting-offer-us-troops\/\">Mexico&#8217;s Sheinbaum reveals what she told Trump after rejecting offer of US troops<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed the grant at the &ldquo;Choose Europe for Science&rdquo; event in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A few years ago, no one would have imagined that one of the biggest democracies in the world would cancel research programs under the pretext that the word diversity was in this program,&rdquo; French President Emmanuel Macron said. &ldquo;No one would have thought that one of the biggest democracies in the world would delete with a stroke the ability of one researcher or another to obtain visas,&rdquo; Macron said, but here we are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The European Union is also seeking to pass legislation that would &ldquo;enshrine freedom of scientific research into law&rdquo; in an effort to protect against &ldquo;threats&rdquo; that have plagued the scientific community in recent times. This comes as the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/french-space-researcher-denied-entry-183222638.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">condemned a report <\/a>that a French researcher was denied entry over political messages on his phone. The Department of Homeland Security said the researcher was denied because of confidential information on their phone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can all agree that science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party,&rdquo; von der Leyen said. &ldquo;We believe that diversity is an asset of humanity and the lifeblood of science. It is one of the most valuable global assets and it must be protected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3228429\/nih-debates-mission-structure-as-trump-shake-up-looms\/\"><strong>NIH DEBATES MISSION AND STRUCTURE AS TRUMP SHAKE-UP LOOMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in his 2026 fiscal budget plan, President Donald Trump has proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3399322\/white-house-budget-slash-nih-nearly-40-percent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">40% in funding cuts<\/a> to the National Institute of Health which he accused of having &ldquo;grown too big and unfocused.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;NIH has broken the trust of the American people with wasteful spending, misleading information, risky research and the promotion of dangerous ideologies that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cut-the-crap-republican-senator-tells-fauci-to-buy-an-emotional-support-pony\/\" title=\"\u2018Cut The Crap\u2019: Republican Senator Tells Fauci To \u2018Buy An Emotional Support Pony\u2019\">undermine public health<\/a>,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s proposal stated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2018456\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2018456\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe introduces a $566 million grant to attract U.S. researchers affected by recent funding cuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2430989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Macron-von-der-Leyen-science--scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8447,54639,54637,54638,32076],"class_list":["post-2430988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-europe","tag-government-cuts","tag-super-grant","tag-us-researchers","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Macron-von-der-Leyen-science--scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2430988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430992,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430988\/revisions\/2430992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2430988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2430988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2430988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}