OISE Worldwide Science Organizations

This series of pages provides links to science organizations around the world, including:

• Government ministries and equivalent science policy entities;
• Agencies, like NSF, that fund science and engineering research and education (some of these are NSF partners in supporting international cooperation);
• Quasi-governmental and non-governmental organizations that have policy-related or research funding functions;
• Science information and policy research units, and
• Multilateral organizations (or sub-units of these) that are concerned with science.

Organizations are organized alphabetically by country/region, with a separate section for global/multi-country/multi-regional organizations. OISE maintains a separate page listing international offices of U.S. government agencies.

If the country/region/organization you are interested in is not currently listed, you may contact the OISE staff member assigned to that geographic area.

Please send corrections or suggestions for additional entries, with URL information, to the OISE Webmaster.

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Country Flag	Country	Website link
	ARGENTINA	ANCEFN Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales ANPCYT Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica CONICET Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas
	ARMENIA	NASA National Academy of Sciences of Armenia NFSAT Armenian National Foundation of Science & Advanced Technologies SOAD Scientific Organizations of Armenian Database
	AUSTRALIA	AAS Australian Academy of Science ATSE Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Australian Research Council Foundation for Research, Science and Technology CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization DEST Department of Education, Science and Training ITR Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
	AUSTRIA	AAS Austrian Academy of Sciences BMWFK Ministry of Science, Research and Art FWF Fonds zur Foderung der Wissenschaft
	AZERBAIJAN	ANSF Azerbaijan National Science Foundation
	BELARUS	ANB Academy of Sciences of Belarus NASB The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
	BELGIUM	FNRS National Fund for Scientific Research NFWO Belgian National Science Foundation
	BRAZIL	ABC Academia Brasileira de Ciencias CNPQ National Council of Scientific Research FINEP Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
	BULGARIA	BAS Bulgarian Academy of Sciences NSFB Bulgarian National Science Fund
	CANADA	NRC National Research Council NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
	CHILE	CONICYT National Council of Science and Technology FONDECYT Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico FONDEF Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologio
	CHINA	CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences CERN China Education and Research Network (Universities) NSFC National Natural Science Foundation of China
	COLOMBIA	COLCIENCIAS Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
	CROATIA	CASRU Croation Academy of Scientific Research Units HAZU Hrvatska Akedemija Znanosti i Unijetnosti (Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts) MZT Ministry of Science and Technology
	CZECH REPUBLIC	CAV Ceska Akademie Ved (The Academy of Sciences of Czech Repulic)
	DENMARK	ATV Danish Academy of Technical Sciences DRA The Dannish Research Agency
	EGYPT	UEJB US-Egypt Joint Board
	ESTONIA	EstSF Estonian Science Foundation ETA Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia (Estonian Academy of Sciences) TUCSD Tartu University Computer Sciences Department TUDP Tartu University Department of Physics
	FINLAND	AKA Academy of Finland TEKES National Technology Agency
	FRANCE	CNES National Center of Space Studies CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique IFREMER French Institute of Research on Sea Use INRA National Institute of Agricultural Research INRIA Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique INSERM National Institute of Health & Medical Research MOR Ministry of Research and Technology
	GEORGIA	GAS The Georgian Academy of Sciences GRDF Georgian Research and Development Foundation
	GERMANY	BMBF Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research, and Technology DAAD German Academic Exchange Service DFG German Research Association
	GREECE	FORTH Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas GSRT General Secretariat for Research and Technology
	HUNGARY	MTA Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) OTKA Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
	ICELAND	RANNIS The Icelandic Research Council
	INDIA	CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research DBT Department of Biotechnology DST Department of Science and Technology FORUM Indo-US Science and Technology Forum
	INDONESIA	LIPI Indonesian Institute of Sciences
	IRELAND	FORFAS Board for Industrial Development and Science & Technology RIA Royal Irish Academy SFI Science Foundation Ireland
	ISRAEL	BSF US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
	ITALY	CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche INFN National Institute for Nuclear Physics
	JAPAN	NSF/Tokyo National Science Foundation--Tokyo Office site. This site maintains an extensive listing of Japanese science and technology resources.
	JORDAN	HCST The Higher Council for Science and Technology RSS Royal Scientific Society
	KOREA	KOSEF Korea Science and Engineering Foundation KUSCO Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Organization KRF Korea Research Foundation
	KYRGYZSTAN	CSR Center of Social Research, National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan
	LATVIA	LAS Latvian Academy of Sciences LCS Latvian Council of Science
	LEBANON	CNRS National Council for Scientific Research
	LITHUANIA	LAS Lithuanian Academy of Sciences LSSSF Lithuanian State Science & Studies Foundation
	LUXEMBOURG	FNR National Research Fund
	MALAYSIA	MOSTE Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment SIRIM Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia
	MEXICO	CONACYT Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia FUMEC The United States-Mexico Foundation for Science
	MOLDOVA	MRDA Moldavan Research & Development Association
	NEPAL	RONAST Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
	NETHERLANDS	NWO Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
	NEW ZEALAND	FRST Foundation for Research, Science and Technology MORST Ministry of Research, Science, and Technology
	NORWAY	NFR Research Council of Norway
	PAKISTAN	MOST Ministry of Science and Technology PSF Pakistan Science Foundation
	PHILIPPINES	DST Department of Science and Technology
	POLAND	KBN Ministry of Scientific Research & Information Technology MNII Ministry of Science & Higher Education FNP Foundation for Polish Science PAN Polish Academy of Sciences
	PORTUGAL	FCT Science and Technology Foundation
	ROMANIA	RA Romanian Academy
	RUSSIA	RAS Russian Academy of Sciences RFBR Russian Foundation for Basic Research RSSI Russian Space Science Internet Home Page
	SINGAPORE	ASTAR Agency for Science, Technology and Research
	SLOVAKIA	SAS Slovak Academy of Sciences
	SLOVENIA	MZT Ministry of Science and Technology SAS Slovenian Academy of Sciences SSF Slovenian Science Foundation
	SOUTH AFRICA	CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research HSRC Human Sciences Research Council NRF National Research Foundation SAAG South African Association for Geotechnology SASBMB South African Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology SASC South African Science Councils
	SPAIN	CSIC Higher Council for Scientific Research MCYT Ministry of Science and Technology
	SRI LANKA	LEARN Lanka Educational Academic and Research Network NSF National Science Foundation NSFSL National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka
	SWEDEN	NFR Swedish National Science Research Council NUTEK Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development RSAS Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences SRC Swedish Research Council
	SWITZERLAND	BBW Swiss Federal Office for Education and Science GWF Swiss Science Agency KBF Coordination Office for Swiss Participation in International Research Projects SANW Schweizerische Akademie der Naturwissenschaften SNF Swiss National Science Foundation SSTC Swiss Science Council SWISSCORE Swiss Contact Office for Research and Higher Education SWITCH Swiss Research Teams Index
	TAIWAN	NSC National Science Council
	THAILAND	NSTDA National Science and Technology Development Agency
	TUNISIA	TSS The Tunisian Scientific Society
	TURKEY	TUBA Turkish Academy of Sciences TUBITAK The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey
	UKRAINE	DFFD State Fund for Fundamental Research NAN The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
	UNITED KINGDOM	BBRSC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ESRC Economic and Social Research Council MRC Medical Research Council NERC Natural Environment Research Council OST Office of Science and Technology--Related Sites RCUK The Research Councils of the United Kingdom
	URUGUAY	CONICYT Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas
	UZBEKISTAN	UzAS Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
	VIETNAM	NGOS US Non-governmental Organizations

Regional/global organizations:
This list is alphabetical by organization name. If not implicit in the organization name, the appropriate region is noted in parentheses.

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Org Graphic	Acronym	Full name & Website link
	AAS	AAS African Academy of Sciences
	AAU	AAU Association of African Universities
	ANZAAS	ANZAAS Australian & New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
	APEC	APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
	CRDF	CRDF The U.S Civilian R&D Foundation (Eurasia)
	ESF	ESF European Science Foundation
	EU	EU European Union CORDIS EU Database
	HFSP	HFSP Human Frontier Science Program (global)
	ICSU	ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions (global)
	IIASA	IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (global change NGO)
	NATO	NATO Science and Environmental Affairs Division
	NESDA	NESDA Network for Environmental and Sustainable Development in Africa
	OAS	OAS Organization of American States
	OECD	OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (global)
	TWAS	TWAS Academy of Science for the Developing World (formerlyThird World Academy of Sciences)
	TWNSO	TWNSO Third World Network of Scientific Organizations
	TWOWS	TWOWS Third World Organization for Women in Science
	UNESCO	UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
	WB	WB World Bank

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