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.

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      22 hours ago

      ‘Scheme’ has that connotation in the US, yeah.

      I know publications outside the US use it in a much more neutral manner, but it’s funny to us.

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        22 hours ago

        I think you use the word program in its place. But it’s always been scheme to everyone else in the world.

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          21 hours ago

          Even though I know it’s innocent elsewhere, something like “retirement scheme” still suggests some kind of Last Big Heist to me.

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        This is true. When I was a young salesman, I once took offense at a British client referring to the program I was selling as a scheme. My boss had to explain to me that he meant no offense, the meaning is slightly different outside of the US, where it is simply a synonyn for a program or plan, and doesn’t carry the same American nuance as being nefarious.

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      22 hours ago

      I’ve honestly never heard it used in a way that doesn’t imply “bad”.

      Bad guys scheme, good guys plan.

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        22 hours ago

        Fun fact: the protocol part of each URL (http/https at the start) is officially called the scheme too. So I guess technically you scheme every time you click a link.

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        7 hours ago

        We’ve had a Color Coding Scheme here for years, and no one bats an eyelid at those words even though it could be horrifying for someone in the US.

        What “Color Coding Scheme” meant in this context

        It’s basically a ban on vehicles from driving along major roads and highways in our largest metropolitan area based on the last digit of their license plates:

        • 1, 2 — banned on Mondays
        • 3, 4 — banned on Tuesdays
        • 5, 6 — banned on Wednesdays
        • 7, 8 — banned on Thursdays
        • 9, 0 — banned on Fridays
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      3 hours ago

      scheme , the term is always used as some obfuscated, convoluted way to do something.