'Brain drain' begins at UW as researchers consider moving abroad
Update: 2025-06-12
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The University of Washington is facing the prospect that hundreds of millions of dollars in expected federal grants will not come this year.
Longstanding research dollars have become tenuous and American scientists are feeling undervalued.
For some, a future abroad seems more stable and certain.
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