U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation

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The U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) is a nonprofit organization authorized by the U.S. Congress and established in 1995 by the National Science Foundation.  This unique public-private partnership promotes international scientific and technical collaboration, primarily between the United States and Eurasia, through grants, technical resources, and training.

The CRDF's mission is to:

• support exceptional research projects that offer scientists and engineers alternatives to emigration and strengthen the scientific and technological infrastructure of their home countries;
• advance the transition of foreign weapons scientists to civilian work by funding collaborative non-weapons research and development projects;
• help move applied research to the marketplace and bring economic benefits both to the United States and the countries with which the CRDF works;
• strengthen research and education in universities abroad.

The CRDF is based in Arlington, Virginia with offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, and Kyiv, Ukraine.

Web site:

http://www.crdf.org

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