World Bank Institute: First Rate Science and Modernization of the National Research System in Chile

Implementation of the Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) Program, since its inception seven years ago, has been successful and exemplary. The achievements of the Millennium Science Institutes and Nuclei can be gauged from the significant number of young scientists they have trained and from their success in attaining and promoting excellence in scientific research, in fields as varied as biology, biotechnology, physics, glaciology, computer science, engineering, ecology, mathematics, geophysics, and chemistry, with links to both the private and public sectors and education, thereby making a substantial contribution to key areas of national development. Their work has also helped trigger a number of well-planned cooperative and inter-active initiatives within the national scientific community. Article here.