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Bilateral Scientific Cooperation
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1. BELGIUM Back to TOP
(A)FWO - Fund for Scientific Research in Flanders (Belgium)
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The F.W.O. encourages
and finances fundamental scientific research in universities of the Flemish
Community and institutions for scientific research. The activities of the F.W.O.
aim to expand the frontiers of knowledge in all fields of science including
humanities and social sciences. The F.W.O. endeavours to achieve its purpose
by training researchers, supporting
individual researchers, supporting prominent research teams, promoting
national and international scientific contacts and cooperation, awarding
scientific prizes. The F.W.O. is funded by the Flemish Community, the federal Belgian
Government and patronage. |
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Contact: Mr. José Traest Secretary General F.W.O. Egmontstraat
5 B-1000 Brussels Belgium Tel. +32-2-5129110 Fax +32-2-512589 |
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E-mail: jose.traest@fwo.be Internet: www.fwo.be |
(B)FNRS - National Fund for Scientific Research, French-speaking Community (Belgium)
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The FNRS is a research
council active in the field of basic research in the French-speaking
community of Belgium. Its aim is to stimulate basic scientific research, with
no distinction between scientific disciplines. The FNRS supports individual
researchers through scholarship and research grants. The FNRS also finances
research programmes at universities and institutions for scientific research
of the French-speaking Community. The FNRS realises its goal through supporting individual researchers,
supporting research teams, promoting scientific contacts and cooperation,
awarding scientific prizes. The FNRS is funded by the French-speaking Community,
the federal Belgian Government and patronage. |
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Contact:
Tel. +32-2-5049211 |
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E-mail: mjsimoen@fnrs.be Internet: www.fnrs.be |
(C)IMEC
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IMEC is Flanders'
independent research center in microelectronics. At IMEC more than 1,200 employees and visiting
scientists perform challenging, key technology R&D. With an annual
research budget of currently 120
million EURO, IMEC has become a world class R&D and training center with an ISO 9001 quality certification. The
general mission is to perform
Research and Development, ahead of industrial needs by 3 to 10 years, in
microelectronics, nanotechnology, design methods and technologies for ICT
systems. |
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Contact:
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E-mail: info@imec.be Internet: www.imec.be |
2. THE NETHERLANDS Back to TOP
(A)NWO - The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
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NWO promotes scientific research at Dutch universities and research
institutes and seeks to raise the quality of that research. Innovation is a
key element in this endeavour. NWO also promotes the dissemination and use of
research results achieved wholly or partly with NWO support. NWO pursues an
active information policy aimed both at researchers and at the media,
politicians and the public at large. To help it achieve these aims NWO
receives funding from the government. Most of this funding comes from the
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, though other ministries also
contribute. NWO targets all fields of research activity pursued in the
Netherlands, from physics to theology and from information technology to
research on ethnic minorities. |
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E-mail: nwo@nwo.nl Internet: www.nwo.nl |
(B)IIAS - International Institute for Asian Studies
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The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a
postdoctoral research centre based in Leiden and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its
main objective is to encourage the study of Asia and to promote national and
international cooperation in this field. The geographical scope of the
institute covers South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia. The
institute focuses on the humanities and the social sciences and, where
relevant, on their interaction with other sciences. |
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Contact:
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E-mail: IIAS@let.leidenuniv.nl Internet: www.iias.nl |
3. DENMARK Back to TOP
(A)The Danish
Research Agency (Forskningsstyrelsen)
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The Danish Research Agency is an independent institution under the
Ministry of Research. The agency houses the secretariats for the different
research councils: The Danish Technical Research Council (STVF), The Danish
Medical Research Council (SSVF), The Danish Social Science Research Council
(SSF), The Danish Natural Science Research Council (SNF), The Danish
Agricultural and Veterinary Research Council (SJVV), The Danish Research
Council for the Humanities (SHF), The agency also houses the secretariats of
The Danish Research Training Council (FUR), The Central Scientific Ethical
Committee (CVK), The Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (UVVU) and
different programme committees. |
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E-mail: forsk@forsk.dk Internet: www.forsk.dk |
(B)The Danish Technical Research Council (STVF)
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The Danish Technical Research Council considers it particularly
important to support the establishment of centres of engineering science and
framework programmes. The priority given to concentrated activities is
especially motivated by the need for more manpower and costly experimental
facilities if research is to obtain the necessary national and international
influential weight. The council puts particular emphasis on supporting the
establishment of research environments aimed at research of international
standard. The council aims at achieving an adequate Danish influence on the
future EU research programmes and thereby finding opportunities to create
synergy between EU programmes and Danish research initiatives. |
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Contact:
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E-mail: lgr@forsk.dk |
4. NORWAY Back to TOP
(A)The Research Council of Norway (Norges Forskningsrad)
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The Research Council of
Norway plays a vital role in developing and implementing the country's
national research strategy. It acts as a government adviser, a
funding agency and a co-ordinator. The Executive Board of the Research
Council of Norway is responsible for the Council's policy at the national
level. Six research boards, one for each research division, submit annual
strategic plans and budgets to the main Executive Board for final approval. Target areas for Norwegian research
are basic research, human resources development, energy and climate research,
marine research, health research, food science research, public sector
revitalisation and improvement, polar research, information and communication
technology. One third of Norway's public sector research investment is channelled
through the Research Council. The remainder is transferred directly from the
ministries to the relevant research institutions. |
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Contact:
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E-mail: info@forskningsradet.no |
5. FINLAND Back to TOP
(A)The Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia)
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The Academy of Finland
is an expert organisation in research funding and science policy. The Academy’s object is to promote
high-level scientific research through long-term quality-based research
funding, science and science policy expertise and efforts to strengthen the
position of science and scientific research. In 2001 Academy support for
research at Finnish universities and research institutes will amount to more
than EUR 180 million. This represents around 14 per cent of total government
research funding. Each year Academy-funded projects account for a total of
some 3,000 researcher-years. |
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Contact:
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Email: keskus@aka.fi Internet: www.aka.fi |
6. SWEDEN Back to TOP
(A)The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapradet)
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The main objective of the Swedish Research Council is to support basic
research that is of high quality in an international comparison, in all
scientific fields. There are three scientific councils in the Swedish
Research Council: one for humanities and the social sciences, one for
medicine and one for the natural and engineering sciences. There is also a
Committee for Educational Science. The Swedish Research Council is an agency
under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Science. |
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E-mail:
vetenskapradet@vr.se |
(B)STINT - The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education
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The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and
Higher Education was established in August 1994. The mandate of the STINT Foundation
is to support the internationalisation of Swedish research and higher
education. The Foundation encourages participation in its programmes from a
broad spectrum within the Swedish system for higher education and research. |
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Contact;
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Email: info@stint.se Internet: www.stint.se |