This initiative targets experts living and/or working in low- and middle-income countries. Research4Life is designed to enhance the scholarship, teaching, research and policymaking of students, faculty, scientists, and specialists. It is a private-public partnership set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), International Labour Organization (ILO), Cornell and Yale Universities and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers.