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How To Advance Open International Scientific Exchange

Highlights

  • The results of the survey were shared with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS, http://www.nationalacademies. org/) in advance of a February 7, 2008, Senate hearing on the topic of barriers to scientific exchange

  • While International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) collected information only on US visa problems, enabling international scientific exchange is a matter of importance in all countries

  • A 2005 European Union (EU) directive designed to make it easier for non-European scientists to get working visas for the EU has been implemented by only some member countries

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In response to reports of visa difficulties, the International Society for Computational Biology Org/) recently surveyed its members about the experience of non-US scientists visiting or working in the United States (http:// www.iscb.org/US_visa_survey.html). The results of the survey were shared with the National Academy of Sciences Org/) in advance of a February 7, 2008, Senate hearing on the topic of barriers to scientific exchange

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