The USAID CRSP program was developed on the foundation of supporting long-term education and degree training in developing countries. Instead of traditional training programs that take students out of their countries for research and training, the CRSP model focuses them in their own countries. Because their projects are part of a larger development problem, their research is part of an existing network of their countries participating scientists, enabling them to build and maintain their careers within the context of their countries. As a result brain drain is low. For more on the CRSP program and its support of higher education please visit: