Science Funding Agencies in Europe
These links to foreign science funding agencies (NSF counterparts) are provided as a resource for the US science community. Note that listing an agency is not an endorsement by NSF. Viewers will leave the NSF website when selecting a specific counterpart link.
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SCIENCE AGENCIES
Many
countries have several science agencies. For more information
related to a specific country or a country with no counterpart
agency listed, contact the NSF
Europe Regional Office or the NSF
OISE program officer listed for that country.
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 Foundation Flanders (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)
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 - Biotechnology and 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)
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