Canada is spending C$1.7 billion to attract international research talent.

Canada - Ảnh 1. — University of Toronto, Canada - Photo: REUTERS

According to the Financial Times , this move comes as the US cuts research funding and tightens higher education budgets, causing many scholars to seek opportunities abroad due to pressure from the administration of US President Donald Trump.

Under the Canada Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative, Ottawa is allocating 1 billion Canadian dollars (CAD) (approximately 721 million USD) over 12 years to recruit top scientists , 400 million CAD (nearly 289 million USD) to develop research infrastructure, 134 million CAD (nearly 97 million USD) to support international PhDs and graduate students coming to Canada, and 120 million CAD (over 86 million USD) for young researchers.

Canadian Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said that while many countries are tightening academic freedom and hindering research, Canada “is accelerating investment in science” and attracting brilliant minds to work with its research teams.

Meanwhile, the US freezing and canceling numerous research grants has led American universities to cut costs and limit the hiring of postdoctoral researchers. A Canadian survey shows that many American researchers are considering moving abroad.

Canada's new investment package is considered larger in scale than recent programs to attract American scholars by the European Union (EU), France, the United Kingdom, or Sweden.

Alan Bernstein, former president of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Studies, said this is not just about taking advantage of the situation in the US, but about building a strong scientific foundation and diversifying the economy .

He said many universities are compiling lists to invite international scholars, and the expected investment will attract more funding from businesses and philanthropists for costly fields such as science, biomedical science, and engineering.

The United Health Network in Toronto has launched a campaign to recruit 100 researchers globally.

Several American academics have publicly moved to Canada, including three professors from Yale University who transferred to the University of Toronto. Nobel laureates in economics, Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, also left the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to move to the University of Zurich, while the Austrian Academy of Sciences announced it had recruited 25 top researchers from the United States.

Professor Snyder told the Financial Times that he didn't leave the U.S. for political reasons, but because he wanted to teach more students and reach a wider audience – something he believes Canada allows him to do better.

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