SIG's thoughts and best wishes go out to our friends and colleagues in Chile.

The Science Initiative Group (SIG) is an international team of scientific leaders and supporters dedicated to fostering science in developing countries. Its current projects are as follows:

• The Carnegie-IAS Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE) develops human capacity through science and technology training and research in a regional context in sub-Saharan Africa, enabling individuals to use S&T to contribute to national and regional economic development.
   
• The Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) is an international initiative designed to build capacity in modern science and engineering. Highly adaptable to circumstances, the MSI achieves its mission through a variety of vehicles, among them competitively chosen centers or networks of excellence in scientific research and training.
   
• The Global Science Corps (GSC) will place scientists and engineers ("GSC Fellows") from developed countries at universities and research institutes in developing countries for one-year terms to share expertise and collaborate with local partners.