List of Scientific Diaspora Organizations

U.S. focus Name Region Country/Region or global Website Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas AF Nigeria U.S. http://www.anpa.org/ Association of Kenyans Abroad (AKA) AF Kenya Global http://www.kenyansabroad.org/ Association of African Agricultural Professionals in the Diaspora (AAAPD) AF Africa Global http://www.aaapd-africa.org/ Computer Scientists of the African Diaspora AF Africa U.S. http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/computer-science/ The African Network AF Africa U.S. http://theafricannetwork.org/tan/ African Scientific Institute AF Africa Global http://asi-org.net/about/ Brain Gain Network EAP Philippines U.S. http://www.bgn.org/ Association of Thai Professionals in American and Canada EAP Thailand U.S. http://www.atpac.org/ Chinese American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California EAP China U.S. http://cesasc.org/default.aspx Japanese Medical Society of America EAP Japan U.S. www.jmsa.org/ Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association - KSEA EAP Korea U.S. http://www.ksea.org/ Philippine Americans Academy of Scientists and Engineers EAP Philippines U.S. http://www.paase.org/ Reverse Brain Drain Project, Thailand EAP Thailand Global http://rbd.nstda.or.th/index.php Scientific Malaysian EAP Malaysia Global http://www.scientificmalaysian.com/about-us/ The Malaysian Scientific Diaspora Network (MSDN) EAP Malaysia Global http://www.scientificmalaysian.com/ Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America, Inc EUR Armenia U.S. http://www.aesa.org/ Turkish American Scientists & Scholars Association EUR Turkey U.S. www.tassausa.org/

Georgian-American Medical and Public Health Association (GAMPHA) EUR Georgia U.S. http://gampha.org/index.php?lang=eng Irish Technology Leaders Group EUR Ireland U.S. http://www.itlg.org/ Forum for Science and Reform (FORS) EUR Romania Global http://fors.ong.ro/ Wild Geese Network of Irish Scientists EUR Ireland Global www.wildgeesenetwork.org/

Biomedical Scientists of Hellenic Origin in Diaspora EUR Greece and Cyprus http://www.hri.org/helbiomed/ Global Scientific Diaspora of the Republic of Moldova EUR Moldova Global http://cooperation.epfl.ch/page-64290-en.html

Irish Research Staff Association (IRSA) EUR Ireland U.S. http://www.irsa.ie/ Algerian American Scientists Association NEA Algeria U.S. http://aasa-web.org/ American Lebanese Medical Association NEA Lebanon U.S. http://www.almamater.org/home.aspx Syrian American Medical Society NEA Syria U.S. http://sams-usa.net/ North American-Tunisian Engineers Group NEA Tunisia U.S. http://days.nateg.org/2012/ Iranian American Life Science Network (IALSN) NEA Iran U.S. www.ialsn.org/

http://www.palestineacademy.org/main/en/stio-registration-/264- Diaspora Palestinian Scientists and Experts Database (DPSEDB) NEA Palestine Global diaspora-palestinian-scientists-and-experts-database-dpsedb.html TOKTEN for Lebanon NEA Lebanon Global http://www.toktenlebanon.org/about/cdr.php Moroccan Association of Researchers and Scholars NEA Morocco Global http://mars-net.org/ Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology of the Arab NEA Arab world Global World (SASTA), http://www.sastaworld.com/ Association of Pakistani Scientists and Engineers of North America (APSENA) SCA Pakistan U.S. http://www.apsena.net/ Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) SCA Pakistan U.S. http://www.appna.org/ Bangladesh Medical Association of North America SCA Bangladesh U.S. http://www.bmana.org/ Society of Afghan Engineers SCA Afghanistan U.S. http://www.afghan-engineers.org/ President's Programme for Care of Highly Qualified Overseas Pakistan Pakistanis SCA Global http://www.ppqp.gov.pk/Objectives.php Peruvian Scientific Network WHA Peru Global http://www.isoc.org/inet96/proceedings/g5/g5_2.htm Caribbean Diaspora for Science, Technology, and Innovation WHA Caribbean Global http://cadsti.org/