In Czechoslovakia and Hungary, however, as well as in other Eastern European nations, the outlook for scientists is brutal. There now is no money for research, and talented scientists there need help to get their science, their economies, and their nations running again. Inside Germany, a program for upgrading East German scientists to West German standards has begun. Perhaps such a program could be mimicked to benefit other Eastern European nations. They need a Western equivalent of what West Germany is doing for East Germany.
One can infer from the number of career opportunity ads in the well-read science journals that there is reasonable funding available in the United States for postdoctoral fellows and research associates. Of course, the great majority of funding disbursed to scientists by the U.S. government is for American citizens only. But if the rules were to be disengaged for a brief time, some funding could ...
