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Asia

Country	Counterpart Institution	URL
China	Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)	http://www.cas.ac.cn/
	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)	http://www.cssn.cn/
	Ministry of Education P.R.C. (MOE)	http://www.moe.edu.cn/
	Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)	http://www.pumc.edu.cn/
	National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)	http://www.nsfc.gov.cn
	Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)	http://www.most.gov.cn/
India	Indian National Science Academy (INSA)	http://www.insaindia.org/
India	Department of Science and Technology (DST)	http://www.dst.gov.in
Indonesia	Directorate General of Higher Education, Department of National Education (DGHE)	http://www.dikti.org/
Indonesia	Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)	http://www.lipi.go.id/
Korea	National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)	http://www.nrf.re.kr/
Mongolia	Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (MECS)	http://www.mecs.gov.mn/
Philippines	Department of Science and Technology (DOST)	http://www.dost.gov.ph/
Singapore	National University of Singapore (NUS)	http://www.nus.edu.sg/
Thailand	National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)	http://www.nrct.go.th/
Viet Nam	Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)	http://www.vast.ac.vn/
Viet Nam	Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)	http://www.most.gov.vn/

Africa

Country	Counterpart Institution	URL
Egypt	Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)/ Ministry of Scientific Research and Technology (MOSRT)	[MOHE] http://www.egy-mhe.gov.eg/main.asp
Kenya	National Council for Science and Technology of Kenya (NCST)	http://www.ncst.go.ke
South Africa	National Research Foundation (NRF)	http://www.nrf.ac.za/
Tunisia	Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Tunisia (MHESR)	http://www.mes.tn/

Oceania

Country	Counterpart Institution	URL
Australia	Australian Academy of Science (AAS)	http://www.science.org.au
Australia	Australian Research Council (ARC)	http://www.arc.gov.au
New Zealand	Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment　（MBIE）	http://www.msi.govt.nz
New Zealand	Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ)	http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/

Europe

Country	Counterpart Institution	URL
Austria	Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research(BMWF)	http://www.bmwf.gv.at
	Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD-GmbH)	http://www.oead.ac.at
	Austrian Science Fund (FWF)	http://www.fwf.ac.at
Belguim	Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)	http://www.fwo.be/
Belguim	Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique -FNRS（F.R.S.-FNRS）	http://www1.fnrs.be
Bulgaria	Ministry of Education, Youth and Science of Bulgaria (MEYS)	http://www.minedu.government.bg
Czech Rep.	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)	http://www.cas.cz
Denmark	Universities Denmark (DU)	http://dkuni.dk/
Estonia	Estonian Science Foundation (ETF)	http://www.etf.ee
Finland	Academy of Finland (AF)	http://www.aka.fi
France	Agence Nationale de la Recherche（ANR）	http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/
	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)	http://www.cnrs.fr
	Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale（INSERM）	http://www.inserm.fr
	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)	http://www.inra.fr
	Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs（MAEE）	http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/
	Ministere de l'enseignement superieur et de la recherche (MESR)	http://www.recherche.gouv.fr
	National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA)	http://www.inria.fr/
	Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques（IHÉS）	http://www.ihes.fr/
Germany	Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)	http://www.avh.de
	German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)	http://www.daad.de
	German Research Foundation (DFG)	http://www.dfg.de
	Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Sience (MPG)	http://www.mpg.de
	German Research and Innovation Forum Tokyo	http://www.dwih-tokyo.jp/en/home/
Hungary	Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)	http://www.mta.hu
Hungary	Hungarian Scholarship Board (HSB)	http://www.scholarship.hu
Italy	National Research Council of Italy（CNR）	http://www.cnr.it
Italy	Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR)	http://www.miur.it
Netherlands	Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)	http://www.nwo.nl
Norway	Research Council of Norway (RCN)	http://www.forskningsradet.no
Poland	Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)	http://www.pan.pl
Romania	National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR)	http://www.mct.ro
Russia	Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)	http://www.rffi.ru/eng/
Slovakia	Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS)	http://www.sav.sk
Slovenia	Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport（MIZKS）	http://www.mizks.gov.si/en
Spain	Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)	http://www.csic.es
Sweden	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)	http://www.kva.se
	Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems（VINNOVA）	http://www.vinnova.se
	Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)	http://www.stratresearch.se
Switzerland	Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)	http://www.snf.ch
UK	Royal Society	http://www.royalsociety.org/
	British Academy	http://www.britac.ac.uk
	British Council	http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/
	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council（EPSRC）	http://www.epsrc.ac.uk
	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	http://www.esrc.ac.uk

North America

Country	Counterpart Institution	URL
Canada	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)	http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/
	Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca
	Funding Opportunities for Canadian-Japanese S&T Cooperation & Exchange *reference only	PDF(171KB)
Mexico	National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT)	http://www.conacyt.mx
USA	National Science Foundation (NSF)	http://www.nsf.gov
	Social Science Research Council (SSRC)	http://www.ssrc.org
	National Cancer Institute (NCI)	http://www.cancer.gov/
	National Institutes of Health (NIH)	http://www.nih.gov
	National Academy of Sciences (NAS)	http://nasonline.org

South America

Country	Counterpart Institution	URL
Argentina	National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET)	http://www.conicet.gov.ar/web/conicet/inicio/
Brazil	Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education（CAPES）	http://www.capes.gov.br/
Chile	Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT)	http://www.conicyt.cl

International Organization

Counterpart Institution	URL
The United Nations University (UNU)	http://www.unu.edu
European Science Foundation (ESF)	http://www.esf.org
European Research Council(ERC)	http://erc.europa.eu/index.cfm
European Commission ('Marie Curie Actions')	http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/