Commitment
Commitment to Developing Countries

The Foundation is committed to funding projects in developing countries with a particular focus on Africa.  When developed-country partnerships are involved, the Foundation strongly supports the 11 principles of the Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries.

Swiss Principles
Board of Directors

Dr. Richard Kiome Bagine
Directorate of Research & Collection
National Museum of Kenya
Nairobi Kenya

Dr. Colin Day
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press
Aberdeen, Hong Kong

Dr. James L. Edwards
Executive Director
Encyclopedia of Life 
Washington, DC

Carole Haywood
Technology Strategy and Architecture
TIAA-CREF, NY, USA

Dr. Bryan Heidorn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

Michael Jensen
Director of Publishing Technologies
The National Academies Press
Largo, Maryland

Dr. Daniel Masiga
Molecular Biology & Biotechnology Dept
International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology
Nairobi, Kenya

Janet McCue
Cornell University
Albert R. Mann Library
Ithaca, New York

Dr. David H. Molyneux
Professor of Tropical Health Sciences
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,
Liverpool, United Kingdom

Dr. Vinand Nantulya
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
Geneva-Cointrin, Switzerland

Dr. Scott Nichols
DuPont Corporation
Wilmington, Delaware

Dr. Rebecca Schrader
Director of Finance and Operations
MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Dr. Jorge M. Soberón
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Marcia Stroko
Raymond James
Big Rapids, MI

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