We saw a risk that we would be funding students at the expense of postdoctoral research assistants.

A young man who had recently earned a PhD accepted a post-doctoral position in a city far from his hometown.

That's the goal of TWAS' postgraduate and postdoctoral programme, which helps train the next generation of students and young researchers from countries lagging in science and technology.

Ten three year fellowships ($43, 000 to $63, 000 per year) are available for applicants with less than three years of postdoctoral research.

Exchange and joint supervision of graduate and postdoctoral students couldbuild on existing programs, such as those run by the Academy of Sciences forthe Developing World (22).