How the NEOS want to bring top researchers from the USA to Vienna – Diepresse.com

For scientists, the United States is becoming an increasingly unattractive location: not only, but also because of the cuts of research programs by the Trump government. The well-known historian Timothy Snyder and his wife, the Eastern Europe expert Marci Shore, have just announced that they are leaving the United States and moving to Canada.

If the NEOS is said to settle top researchers who want to leave the USA in Vienna: Wiener Neos, supported by Foreign Minister and party leader Beate Meinl -Reisinger, want to position the city as an attractive location for scientists.

With a campaign at US universities with the research and employment opportunities and the high quality of life in Vienna, they want to advertise in Vienna.

The MA35 as « Business Immigration Office »

Together with the federal government, you want to create so-called fast-track processes, with which residence permits are to be made possible quickly. The Viennese MA35 (immigration), which, after many grievances, does not have the very best image and is currently reformed, is said to be a « central point of contact for international
Researchers “are expanded. All authorities should also be possible in English.

« Roles of red carpet »

Vienna should convince with “extensive research grants and modern infrastructure”, and there should also be special welcome packages for top researchers and their families who support, for example, in the search for living space and (multilingual) childcare places.

« We roll out the red carpet for scientists, whose work has come under pressure elsewhere, » says Vienna’s mayor Bettina Emmerling. « Research needs freedom, recognition and an environment that relies on curiosity instead of control. This is exactly what Vienna offers. » (Red.)