The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has signed a memorandum of agreement with the ICTP that will substantially expand the organizations' joint Ph.D. fellowship programme for students from developing countries. Participants will now be able to receive training not just at ICTP but at other Trieste-based scientific institutions, including the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and the Elettra Synchrotron Light Facility, as well as at European laboratories that have collaborative arrangements with ICTP. Up to 30 scientists per year are expected to participate in the programme in such fields as nuclear and laser physics, biotechnology, synchrotron radiation, biophotonics, and mathematical modeling and simulation. Gallieno Denardo, ICTP acting director of administration, will be responsible for the programme.