Florida joins U.S. government in probing foreign ties of researchers

Re:Florida joins U.S. government in probing foreign ties of ... by inform880 on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:07AM (#22034080)

Is this the result of a decreasing amount of patriotism across the US? Or maybe it's just money.

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Re:Florida joins U.S. government in probing foreign ties of ... by tyingq on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:13AM (#22034126)

The Chinese "Thousand Talents" program listed in the article has one-time awards of up to $150k USD.

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Re:Florida joins U.S. government in probing foreign ties of ... by whoevercares on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:46AM (#22034381)

That’s not a lot money..I’m pretty sure many researchers that qualifies that program could get a 200-400k or much more sign-on package from major tech company. The Chinese program might come with much more benefit and privileges though that couldn’t be measured by money

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Re:Florida joins U.S. government in probing foreign ties of ... by jvanderbot on Monday January 13, 2020 @10:33AM (#22035289)

I think the downvotes are because it's 150k one time stipend for R&D, i.e. a grant for research. Salaries may be separate.

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Re:Florida joins U.S. government in probing foreign ties of ... by freeone3000 on Monday January 13, 2020 @02:47PM (#22037868)

It's because it actually is a lot of money for academia. The "make 200k-400k signing bonus at a tech firm" is approximately the same as "just have the truck drivers join FAANG for a 50k signing bonus" - as in, there aren't that many positions that pay that well, there's a ton of competition for them, there isn't enough for everybody, so the vast majority of people are going to take this option for a variety of reasons.

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