Federal funding of science has been cut, and trainee scientists in the USA face an unstable and uncertain future. Nicole Rust explains how and why we should act to support junior US researchers at this time.
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N.C.R. thanks M. Peters for inspiration and helpful criticism.
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Rust, N.C. We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers. Nat Hum Behav 9, 1308 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02246-x
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