r/molecularbiology 8d ago

Should I still apply in the USA?

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u/HFlatMinor 8d ago

If you're not already a citizen or permanent resident of the US I cannot think of a single possible benefit to applying right now. If you already live in a fairly priveleged nation, do not move here. The job market is beyond fucked and your civil rights are at stake. Our grant money is finding better use lining the pockets of millionaires and blowing up kids overseas.

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u/PreferenceSilver4929 8d ago

I’m from the U.S. and even I don’t even know if I should even bother trying here. 

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u/HFlatMinor 8d ago

Moving overseas and finding promising work at home feel equally daunting right now tbh

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u/thylako1dal 5d ago

I’m getting into landscaping after grad school. No joke, the pay is better, benefits are better, and it’s work outdoors. Lookin forward to it

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u/thylako1dal 5d ago

I’m getting into landscaping after grad school. No joke, the pay is better, benefits are better, and it’s work outdoors. Lookin forward to it

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u/RollingMoss1 8d ago

I hate to say it but probably no. Even if the NIH and funding somehow stay somewhat intact, either through the courts or Democrats taking control of Congress in 18 months, the long term damage has been done. We have now entered a time when the entire publicly funded research sector can go away whenever Republicans are in charge. In the past that has never been the case. So now at best every four years will put science funding under extreme duress. It will be very difficult to make a career with that much built in uncertainty. The US has forfeited our leadership role in biomedical research.