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According to a European Commission (EC) report on the continuing transatlantic brain-drain reveals that U.S. universities and research jobs are attracting growing numbers of European Union researchers. The EC paper voiced concern that 75 percent of European Union countries-born U.S. doctorate recipients have no specific plans to return to the European Union (EU), and more and more are choosing to stay in the U.S. The most important reason keeping EU-born scientists and engineers abroad has been quality of work. Better prospects and projects and easier access to leading technologies were most often cited as reasons behind plans to work abroad.

Summarizes the main points of British government's white paper on science and innovation, `Excellence and Opportunity.' Design of a fellowship scheme to tempt back scientists who have left Great Britain; Call from f industry secretary Stephen Byers to help make Great Britain the best country in science; Funding sources for the program.