The cold, hard facts are that #postdocs are the main drivers of scientific publications everywhere. If you want to make a society great, you have to protect the main drivers of innovation. It is absolutely short-sighted to cut funding in hopes of cutting costs. There are other areas of tax-payer monies to prioritize for cost-cutting. Research has a massive multiplier effect that is felt for many generations.

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Trump administration policies have created a postdoc crisis | STAT

The threats among early career researchers should be concerning to all who care about the future of American science and research leadership.

^{Thomas P. Kimbis (STAT)}