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Associated Press
March 16, 2013
BOSTON (AP) - University officials say they're worried research funding cuts could lead young scientists away from discovery.
Brain drain is a growing concern among schools across the country that are waiting to see how automatic federal budget cuts affect research budgets.
Some fret that students will be discouraged by funding challenges and pursue careers abroad or switch fields.
Scott Zeger of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore says scientists already sacrifice lab time to seek grants, and budget cuts only make that trend more dramatic.
At Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, two genetic researchers recently decided to relocate their labs to the United Kingdom amid a climate of funding losses.
But Paul Lahti, a University of Massachusetts-Amherst chemistry professor, says it's the job of senior faculty to keep students encouraged because they're the future of science.