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International Research Funding Agencies
- National Science Foundation- http://www.nsf.gov
- Australian Research Council (ARC)- http://www.arc.gov.au
- National Research Council- http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
- Singapore National Research Foundation - http://www.nrf.gov.sg
- Danish National Research Foundation- http://www.dg.dk
- Swedish Research Council- http://www.vr.se
- German Research Foundation- http://www.dfg.de
- Science Foundation Ireland- http://www.sfi.ie
- National Research Foundation- http://www.nrf.ae
- The European Research Council- http://erc.europa.eu
- Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation TEKES- http://www.tekes.fi
- The Research Council of Norway- http://www.forskningsradet.no
- The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)- http://www.nwo.nl
- Department for Innovation, Universities and Science- http://www.dius.gov.uk
- The Global Forum for Health Research- http://www.globalforumhealth.
org - Australian Research Council- http://www.arc.gov.au/
- Australian Agency for International Development- http://www.ausaid.gov.au
Governmental donors and Cooperation Agencies |
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Danish International Development Agency DANIDA | http://www.um.dk |
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SIDA | http://www.sida.se/Sida/jsp/ |
Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development ACORD | http://www.acord.org.uk |
Agence Francaise de Developpement AFD | http://www.afd.fr |
Agency for Co-operation and Technical Development | http://www.actngo.be |
Australian Agency for International Development AusAID | http://www.ausaid.gov.au |
Canadian International Development Agency CIDA | http://www.acdi-cida.ca/ |
FINNIDA | http://global.finland.fi/ |
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NORAD | http://www.norad.no/default. |
Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation SDC | http://www.sdc.admin.ch |
Swissaid | http://www.swissaid.ch |
UK Government Department for International Development DFID | http://www.dfid.gov.uk |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service | http://international.fws.gov/ |
Department for International Development DFID | http://www.dfid.gov.uk |
USAID | http://www.usaid.gov |
Programmes and bodies Inter-governmental Agencies |
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EUROPEAN UNION | http://.europa.eu.int |
EuropeAid Co-operation Office | http://europa.eu.int/comm/ |
EU’s Human Rights & Democratization Policy | E-mail: Nicola.nortaro@cec.eu.int |
World Bank Facility for Indigenous Peoples, Secretariat |
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ |
Asia Development Bank | http://www.adb.org |
United Nations Development Program UNDP/GEF-SGP | http://www.undp.or/sgp |
United Nations Foundation | http://un.org. |
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples |
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/ |
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture | http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ |
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of victims of slavery | http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ |
Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People | http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ |
Foundations, other public and private donors |
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ACORN Foundation | http://www.commonhousel.org/ |
African Development Foundation | http://www.adf.gov |
Aid to Artisans, Inc. | http://aidtoartisans.org |
Jenifer Altman Foundation | http://www.jaf.org |
Bernard van Leer Foundation | http://www.bernardvanleer.org |
Bruno Manser Fonds | http://www.bmf.ch |
The Christensen Fund | http://www.christensenfund.org |
Compton Foundation | http://comptonfoundation.org |
Cultural Survival | http://www.culturalsurvival. |
Earth Preservation Fund EPF | http://www.earthpreservation. |
First People’s Heritage, Language and Culture Council | http://www.fphlcc.ca |
Global Fund for Children | http://www. |
Global Greengrants Fund | http://www.greengrants.org |
KIOS – The Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights | http://www.kios.fi |
Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples NCIV | http://www.nciv.net |
Oak Foundation | http://www.oakfnd.org/ |
Rainforest Action Network RAN | http://www.ran.org |
Rainforest Alliance | http://www.rainforest- |
Rainforest Conservation Fund RCF | http://www. |
Rainforest Foundation – International | http://www. |
The Rockefeller Foundation | http://www.rockfund.org |
Seva Foundation | http://www.seva.org |
Seventh Generation Fund | http://www.7genfund.org |
Small Grants Program for Operations to Promote Tropical Forests SGP-PTF | http://www.sgpptf.org/home.asp |
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation SSNC | http://www.snf.se |
ADC Foundation | http://www.adc.com/aboutadc/ |
ACTIONAID Alliance | http://www.actionaidalliance. |
African Women’s Development Fund AWDF | http://www.awdf.org |
Aga Khan Foundation – Canada | http://www.akfc.ca |
Allen Foundation, Inc. | http://www.allenfoundation.org |
The Asia Foundation | http://www..asiafoundation.org |
Heinrich Boll Foundation | http://www.boell.de/asp/ |
Compton Foundation, Inc. | http://www.comptonfoundation. |
Cottonwood Foundation | http://www.cottonwoodfdn.org |
Development and Peace/Developpement et paiz | http://www.devo.org |
Echoing Green Foundation | http://www..echoinggreen.org |
FinnChurchAid | http://www.evl.fi/kua/english |
The Ford Foundation | http://www.fordfound.org |
Freidrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation FES | http://www.fes.de/intro_en. |
Global Catalyst Foundation | http://www.global-catalyst.org |
Global Fund for Women | http://www.globalfundforwomen. |
Fund for Global Human Rights FGHR | http://www.hrfunders.org |
Green Development Foundation ( Netherlands) | http://www.greendevelopment.nl |
International Women’s Health Coalition | http://www.iwhc.org |
Moriah Fund | http://www.moriahfund.org |
National Endowment for Democracy | http://www.ned.org |
Netherlands Committee for the World Conservation Union | http://www.ncium.nl/english/ |
Netherlands Organization for International Development Co-operation | http://www.novib.nl |
Open Society Institute | http://www.soros.org |
Oxfam International | http://www.oxfam.org |
Pacific Environment | http://www.pacificenvironment. |
Peace Development Fund | http://www. |
The Pew Charitable Trusts | http://www.pewtrusts.com |
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. | http://www.rbf.org |
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust | http://www.jrct.org.uk |
Solidago Foundation | Email: solidago@igc.org |
SOS Faim Belgique | http://www.sosfaim.be |
Swedish NGO Foundation for Human Rights | http://www.humanrights.se/ |
Terre des Hommes TDH | Email: terre@t-online.de |
Tides Foundation | http://www.tidesfoundation.org |
Weeden Foundation | http://www.weedenfdn.org |
Winds of Peace Foundation | Email: peacewinds@peacewinds.org |
Xminus Y Solidarity Fund | http://www.xminy.nl/page.php? |
Mama Cash | www.mamacash.nl |
International Agencies Funding Higher Education and Research in Africa and Elsewhere
- African Capacity-Building Foundation (ACBF)
- African Development Foundation (ADF)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
- British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC)
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- Commission for Research Partnership with Developing Countries (KFPE)
- Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the 21 South (COMSATS)
- The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (CDASED)
- Council for Environmental Education (CEE)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
- Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
- Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Foundation for International Training (FIT)
- Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
- Irish Aid (IrishAid)
- Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpment (IRD)
- Inter-Academy Council (IAC)
- Inter-Academy Panel on International Issues (IAP)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
- International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS)
- International Council for Science (ICSU)
- International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- International Foundation for Science (IFS)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- International Organization for Immigration (IOM)
- International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)
- Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS)
- Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
- Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Natural Resources Institute (NRI)
- Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher 89 Education (NUFFIC)
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC FUND)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- RAND Corporation (RAND)
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
- Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO)
- Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- The World Bank (WB)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Country by Country Science Funding Agencies in Europe
- Albania - Ministry of Education and Science
- Armenia - Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF)
- Austria - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Austria - Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
- Azerbaijian - Science Development Foundation
- Belarus - National Academy of Sciences (NAScB)
- Belgium - Research FoundationFlanders (FWO)
- Belgium - Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Federal Ministry of Education and Science
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ministry of Science and Technology
- Bulgaria - Bulgarian National Science Fund (NSFB)
- Croatia - Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ)
- Cyprus - Research Promotion Foundation (RPF)
- Czech Republic - Czech Science Foundation (GACR)
- Czech Republic - Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR)
- Denmark - Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
- Denmark - Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF)
- Denmark - Danish Council for Independent Research
- Estonia - Estonian Research Council (ETAG)
- Finland - Academy of Finland (AKA)
- Finland - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES)
- France - French National Research Agency (ANR)
- France - National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
- Georgia - Georgian Research and Development Foundation (GRDF)
- Germany - German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Germany - Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Greece - Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH)
- Hungary - Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
- Iceland - Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS)
- Ireland - Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
- Ireland - Irish Research Council
- Italy - National Research Council (CNR)
- Italy - Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR)
- Latvia - Latvian Council of Science (LCS)
- Lithuania - Research Council of Lithuania (LMT)
- Luxembourg - National Research Fund (FNR)
- Malta - Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST)
- Republic of Moldova - Moldovan Academy of Sciences
- Montenegro - Ministry of Science
- Netherlands - Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
- Norway - Research Council of Norway (RCN)
- Poland - National Science Centre (NCN)
- Poland - Poland Ministry of Science & Higher Education (NAUKA)
- Portugal - Foundation for Science and technology (FCT)
- Romania - Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
- Romania - National Research Council (CNCS)
- Russia - Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)
- Serbia - Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
- Slovakia - Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA)
- Slovenia - Slovenian Science Foundation (SZF)
- Slovenia - Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS)
- Spain - Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation
- Spain - Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
- Sweden - Swedish Research Council (VR)
- Sweden - Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)
- Sweden - Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA)
- Sweden - Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT)
- Switzerland - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
- "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" - Ministry of Education and Science
- Ukraine - State Fund for Fundamental Research (DFFD)
- United Kingdom - Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
- United Kingdom - Biotechnologyand Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC)
- United Kingdom - Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- United Kingdom - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- United Kingdom - Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Sources:
- Science Europe
- Foundation Center
- Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) publications
- Wikipedia