[HN Gopher] Safe Place for Science: French University Ready to W...
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       Safe Place for Science: French University Ready to Welcome American
       Scientists
        
       Author : Geekette
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2025-03-06 21:44 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.univ-amu.fr)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.univ-amu.fr)
        
       | amarcheschi wrote:
       | "The AMIDEX foundation will support the funding of positions,
       | particularly in the fields of climate, environment, health and
       | human and social sciences (SHS)."
       | 
       | That's literally "pun intended" material
        
       | guywithahat wrote:
       | Maybe but isn't France cutting back on research funding? Their
       | economy has been struggling as of recent, they're still below the
       | 2008 peak https://www.macrotrends.net/global-
       | metrics/countries/fra/fra...
       | 
       | Further I can't imagine Trump is going to be cutting engineering
       | research, they're more likely to cancel gender/DEI research,
       | which isn't exactly regarded as especially high quality research
       | (even if it's only 10-15 million in funding)
        
         | ravoori wrote:
         | > I can't imagine Trump is going to be cutting engineering
         | research
         | 
         | Singular lack of imagination on display considering recent
         | events
        
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