June 23, 2025

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — 314 Action today launched a new digital ad, as first reported by The Hill, in response to dramatic cuts to scientific research and the rise in attempts from foreign nations to recruit American scientists. 314 Action President Shaughnessy Naughton released the following statement:

“Scientists made America a superpower,” said Shaughnessy Naughton, President of 314 Action, “Every American president before Donald Trump understood the importance of investing in science. It’s how we landed a man on the moon, invented the internet, and developed life-saving vaccines.


“American ingenuity is in our DNA — but with billions of federal grant dollars on hold, research institutions under attack and more cuts to science baked into Republicans’ ‘Big Bad Bill’, the Trump administration has brought scientific innovation to a standstill. If we continue to hemorrhage funding for research, we will lose American scientists and stop leading the world in scientific breakthroughs.”

Bottom line: Today, other countries are ramping up recruitment efforts and offering incentives like tenure and guaranteed funding for the next 20 years to bring American scientists to their labs. The journal Nature reported that more scientists are looking for jobs abroad with a 20-40% increase in job applications in Canada, Europe, China, and other Asian countries, compared to this time last year.

The new ad “Science is Our Superpower” targets swing districts and is part of 314 Action’s ongoing seven-figure advocacy campaign to hold Trump’s dangerous anti-science administration accountable.

Watch here

“Science is Our Superpower” Transcript:

JFK: “We choose to go to the moon… and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

Presidents have always known: when we lead scientific breakthroughs, America leads the world.

REAGAN: “Already we’ve pushed civilization forward with our investments in science and technology.”

Now Donald Trump is cutting billions from science and foreign nations want our scientists in their labs.

We’re losing ground to China.

Turning our backs on science, holds us back.

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