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- norway@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- norway@lemmy.world
Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom
Norway has launched a new scheme to lure top international researchers amid growing pressure on academic freedom in the US under the Trump administration.
Following in the footsteps of multiple institutions across Europe, the Research Council of Norway on Wednesday launched a 100m kroner (£7.2m) fund to make it easier to recruit researchers from other countries.
The initiative is open to researchers from around the world, but it was expanded and accelerated after the Trump administration announced substantial cuts last month.
Sure, though colloquially as Merriam Webster points out it’s
Usually if you don’t mean that it’s secretive you’d just say plan
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scheme
Sure, but it’s an article in a British paper and you’re referencing an American dictionary. Brits can use it for the nefarious connotation, but they very commonly use it to mean an officially organized plan / program.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scheme