Research Africa: A Global Corps of Scientists

African scientists are set to benefit from a fledgling program aimed at promoting north-south research collaboration through year-long visits to centers of scientific excellence in developing nations by scientists from the U.S. and other developed countries. The Global Science Corps (GSC) was inspired by a visit to a research institute in Mali by Nobel laureate Dr. Harold Varmus, who was impressed with the quality and originality of work being carried out by one of the world's poorest nations. The GSC aims to support and enhance the work of such centers of excellence, while affording unique opportunities for U.S. scientists to engage in meaningful research in the developing world. Full article here.