UM and Udice alliance support "Stand up for Science" initiative
The University of Montpellier and other Udice member institutions are joining the "Stand Up for Science France" initiative, inviting the French scientific community to mobilize to denounce and confront the threats to science and scientific research in the United States.
Since Donald Trump took office, the US scientific community has been faced with drastic measures - budget cuts - researcher layoffs - cuts to key programs - that jeopardize freedom of research and international cooperation.
Faced with the recent decisions of the Trump administration, the Académie des Sciences and the "Stand Up for Science France" movement are calling on the scientific community to denounce these threats and mobilize. The University of Montpellier and the other member institutions of Udice, an alliance of research-intensive universities, join this movement and reaffirm their commitment to academic freedom and scientific dialogue at international level.
Essential to our understanding of the world, science is based on the fundamental principles of freedom, integrity and cooperation, which guarantee its positive impact on our societies. To jeopardize these principles is to undermine our collective ability to meet the major challenges of our time.
Echoing the call of the French Academy of Sciences and in support of the "Stand Up for Science France" initiative, the University of Montpellier and all Udice members invite their scientific communities to actively seek ways to maintain ongoing scientific collaborations, ensure free access to quality scientific data - an essential principle of open science - and express their support for the March 7, 2025 movement.