'Choose Europe': New €500m push launched to lure disgruntled US scientists

thelocal.comPublished: 5/5/2025

Summary

The European Union is hosting a conference called "Choose Europe for Science" in Paris to address efforts to attract US scientists, amid growing pressure from Trump's administration on U.S. researchers and institutions. The EU aims to compete with the United States by offering incentives worth €500 million, targeting key sectors like health, climate change, biodiversity, artificial intelligence, and space. Macron has criticized Trump's science policies while vowing to defend France's scientific interests, alongside Norway, Britain, and Switzerland attending the event.