Research Funding Bodies

List of Research Funding Bodies by Country

Australia

  1. Australian Research Council

Canada

  1. Canada Council for the Arts
  2. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
  3. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  4. Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
  5. International Development Research Center
  6. Mitacs
  7. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  8. Ontario Research Fund (ORF)
  9. Québec Research Fund (FRQ)
  10. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

China

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

France

  1. Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
  3. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRAE)
  4. Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
  5. Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA)

Germany

  1. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
  2. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerin für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF)

United Kingdom

  1. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
  2. British Academy
  3. Cancer Research UK
  4. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  5. Innovate UK
  6. Medical Research Council (MRC)
  7. Royal Society
  8. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  9. Wellcome Trust

United States

  1. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  2. National Science Foundation (NSF)

South Africa

  1. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
  2. Medical Research Council (MRC)
  3. National Research Foundation (NRF)
  4. Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)

Japan

  1. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
  2. Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
  3. Japan Foundation for Science and Technology Support (JFSTS)
  4. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  5. Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  6. Japan Science Foundation (JSF)
  7. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
  8. New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Austria

  1. Austrian Science Fund
  2. Commission for Development Research at the OeAD-GmbH (KEF)

Finland

  1. Academy of Finland

Hungary

  1. Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA)

Ireland

  1. Environmental Protection Agency
  2. Science Foundation Ireland

Kuwait

  1. The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)

Saudi Arabia

  1. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
  2. Prince Mohammad bin Fahd Center for Futuristic Studies (PMFCFS)
  3. The Research Development and Innovation Authority (RDIA)

United Arab Emirates

  1. Emirates Foundation
  2. National Research Foundation (NRF)
  3. The Ministry of Education (MOE)