# Researchers Leaving U.S. Due To Trump Funding Cuts > Trump's science funding cuts drive researchers to foreign universities. - Title: Researchers Leaving U.S. Due To Trump Funding Cuts · HuffPost - Summary: Trump's science funding cuts drive researchers to foreign universities. Over half of American states lost scientists to recruitment programs abroad after… - Keywords: trump, researchers, funding cuts, university, science, climate change, nobel prizes, funding, federal grants, u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric ad, research council of finland, helsinki - Source: HuffPost — https://huffpost.com/entry/trump-researcher-exodus_n_6ad604c7e4b061c2be448010 - Published: 2026-10-19T12:00:54+00:00 - Read time: 1 min - Topics: trump, researchers, funding cuts, university, science, climate change, nobel prizes, funding, federal grants, u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric ad, research council of finland, helsinki ## Halley Froehlich's Move Halley Froehlich moved from u.s. to finland after federal grants delayed and climate research concerns. > The cumulative effect of those things ultimately ended up making us really serious about, I don’t think here is our home anymore ## Trump Administration Changes Trump administration dismantled federal grant process and politicized research funding last year. > Trump is ending waste and is committed to keeping America the world leader in scientific innovation, and that means funding real science ## Scientists Leaving Trend Over half of american states lost scientists to recruitment programs abroad since trump funding cuts. > You can almost talk to any vice president for research at a university and they will tell you of one or two top faculty that they’ve lost ## Physics Graduates Leaving Physics ph.d. graduates left u.s. at highest rate in 30 years after trump funding cuts. > Physics Ph.D. graduates in 2025 left the U.S. at the highest rate in 30 years ## International Scientists Leaving International researchers who were drawn to u.s. for science reputation now seek other countries. > It used to be the shining city on the hill where we all want to go ## Christine Stawitz's Experience Christine Stawitz left u.s. noaa for uk after being asked to remove climate change references. > People talk about the U.S. at conferences in the U.K. now like, I don’t know what’s going on there. It’s not good ## James Letts and Maria Maldonado James Letts and Maria Maldonado moved from u.c. davis to australia after grant uncertainty. > All I want to do is do great science and make discoveries, but I want my work to mean something as well. And the opportunity to do that seemed very difficult in the U.S. ## Nobel Prize Winners Leaving Forty percent of u.s. science nobel prizes won by immigrants leaving u.s. for other countries. > Omar Yaghi, a 2025 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry, left his post at the University of California, Berkeley this year to direct an artificial intelligence lab at China’s Tsinghua University ## Consequences Of Talent Drain U.s. scientific talent drain may take decade to affect next generation of scientists. > What is one of my pieces of advice to that young man? Next year, look in Canada ## Key takeaway Over half of American states lost scientists to recruitment programs abroad after Trump administration cut federal grants and politicized research funding.