The ineligibility barrier for international researchers in US academia

Mikael H Elias; Kitty Sompiyachoke; Facundo M Fernández; Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin

doi:10.1038/s44319-023-00053-x

The ineligibility barrier for international researchers in US academia

EMBO Rep. 2024 Feb;25(2):457-458. doi: 10.1038/s44319-023-00053-x. Epub 2024 Jan 23.

Authors

Mikael H Elias¹, Kitty Sompiyachoke¹, Facundo M Fernández², Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin³

Affiliations

¹ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
² Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.
³ Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. skamerlin3@gatech.edu.

Abstract

Many grants from US funding agencies are restricted to US citizens or permanent residents which negatively impacts the career options for foreign scientists working in the USA.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Academia*
Humans
Research Personnel*
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors