Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom
Norway has launched a new scheme to lure top international researchers amid growing pressure on academic freedom in the US under the Trump administration.
Following in the footsteps of multiple institutions across Europe, the Research Council of Norway on Wednesday launched a 100m kroner (£7.2m) fund to make it easier to recruit researchers from other countries.
The initiative is open to researchers from around the world, but it was expanded and accelerated after the Trump administration announced substantial cuts last month.
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Oh no, what dastardly plan could they be concocting? Respecting science? Research based decision making? Affordable lifestyle?! These 'wegians truly are the most crafty of villains!
Is scheme a devious word to you?
I’ve honestly never heard it used in a way that doesn’t imply “bad”.
Bad guys scheme, good guys plan.
So it’s never used as a noun?
It is but with inherent negative connotations.
One schemes to get away with shady shit but plans to do good things.
‘Scheme’ has that connotation in the US, yeah.
I know publications outside the US use it in a much more neutral manner, but it’s funny to us.
Also an American here: The GOP’s scheme to destroy scientific knowledge and deport all who question them is feeding right in to Norway’s plan.
The sheer perfidy of the Norwegians, with their dastardly scheme to lure researchers away from US universities … by not treating them like shit.
It must suck to be some mid tier researcher
Yeah but soon they’ll be top tier in America
I’m a bottom researcher, and ready for Norwegian luring
Norway launches scheme to take advantage of how stupid American politics has become.
FIFY
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Canada needs to do the same, and not elect the guy who promises to do everything Trump is doing.
As a Norwegian person doing research, I am very happy that they are doing this, especially after the recent years’ insane missteps. Massacring scientific funding was one disgrace. Hopefully it makes us more attractive.
Tuition for non-EU citizens is another disgrace, and only got introduced because Norway is exceptionally bad at tapping into that market of recently graduated Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD holders that we are educating. We need to have a better pipeline from uni-industry in general for Norwegians too, but for foreigner students who take a whole degree here only to be pushed away after we’ve already invested in them is so backwards. Please fix!
