Overview

• The Austrian Academy of Sciences said recipients from institutions including Harvard, MIT and Princeton accepted two-year awards.
• Each researcher will receive €500,000 over two years, with fields spanning physics, chemistry and life sciences from postdoctoral to professor level.
• Academy president Heinz Fassmann hailed a "brain gain" and tied the move to U.S. policy shifts under President Trump.
• Awardees are slated to begin this year at Austrian universities and research institutes, including ISTA and the University of Vienna.
• Reuters reported the White House says the U.S. will still lead global research funding despite cuts, as 13 EU countries earlier pressed Brussels to speed talent-attraction efforts.