These links to foreign science funding agencies (NSF counterparts) are provided as a resource for the US science community. Counterparts are grouped by OISE geographic region. Note that listing an agency is not an endorsement by NSF. Viewers will leave the NSF website when selecting a specific counterpart link.

OISE program staff may have information on foreign research opportunities and facilities. To contact OISE staff responsible for activities with a specific country, see the Staff by Country page.

Africa, the Near East and South Asia

• Egypt - STDF (Egyptian Science Technology Fund)
  
• India - DST (Department of Science Technology)
  
• Israel - BSF (Binational Science Foundation)
  
• Lebanon - CNRS (National Council for Scientific Research)
  
• South Africa - NRF (National Research Foundation)
  
• Turkey - TUBITAK (Scientific Technological Research Council)

Americas

• Argentina - CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientficas y Tcnicas)
  
• Brazil - CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientfico e Tecnolgico)
  
• Canada - NSERC (Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council)
  
• Canada - SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)
• Chile - CONICYT (Comisin Nacional de Investigacin Cientfica y Tecnolgica)
  
• Colombia - COLCIENCIAS (Departmento Administrativo da Ciencia, Tecnologia a Innovacion)
  
• Ecuador - SENESCYT (Secretaria de Educacion Superior, Ciencia, Tecnologia Innovacion)
• Mexico - CONACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologa)
  
• Panama - SENACYT (Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia Tecnologia e Innovacion)
• Peru - COCYTEC (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Technologia E Innovacion)
• Uruguay - ANII (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion E Innovacion)
• Venezuela - FONACIT (Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion)

East Asia Pacific

• Australia - ARC (Australian Research Council)
  
• China - NSFC (National Science Foundation China)
• Japan - JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
• Japan - JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
• Korea - NRF (National Research Foundation of Singapore)
• New Zealand - RSNZ (Royal Society of New Zealand)
• Singapore - NRF (National Research Foundation of Singapore)
• Taiwan - MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology)
• Thailand - MOST (Thailand Research Fund)

Europe

European Research Council

• Austria - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
• Denmark - Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF)
• France - French National Research Agency (ANR)
• Germany - German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Ireland - Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
• Italy - National Research Council (CNR)
• Netherlands - Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
• Russia - Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)
• Spain - Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
• Switzerland - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
• United Kingdom - UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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