Friday, February 13, 2004

Academies call for two global science funds

Academies call for two global science funds

This SciDev.Net article reports that representatives of the world's leading academies of sciences met with UN Secretary General Kofi Annanfor and called for two new global funds to enhance science and technology capacity in developing countries, describing such capacity building as "a necessity and not a luxury".

The Global Institutional Fund (GIF), would provide long-term core funding to about 20 national or regional centres of excellence, operating either independently or within 'developing-world networks'.

The Global Programme Fund, would run a competitive grants system to support peer-reviewed research within centres of excellence in developing nations.



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