U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation


U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union
1800 North Kent Street, Suite 1106
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Tel: (703) 526-9720
Fax: (703) 526-9721
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.crdf.inter.net
Contact: David H. Lindeman, Program Manager

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The CRDF is a private, nonprofit foundation created in August 1995 as an American response to the dramatic decline in resources for science and engineering research in the former Soviet Union. It fosters opportunities for collaborative projects between NIS and U.S. researchers by encouraging productive civilian employment opportunities for former Soviet defense scientists, and by providing opportunities to pursue these goals in a framework of mutual benefit which promotes the values of democratization and market economies. The CRDF�s initial endowment of $10 million derives from a $5 million contribution from the U.S. Department of Defense�s �Nunn-Lugar� program to promote demilitarization in the NIS, and from a $5 million gift from George Soros to the U.S. National Science Foundation.

In November 1995 the CRDF announced a call for proposals for its first initiative, the Cooperative Grants Program. This program will allow joint teams of former Soviet and U.S. scientists and engineers to apply jointly for support of cooperative projects in any area of civilian research and development. Teams may apply for $10,000 to $80,000 of funds for a two-year period.

This article is from the January/February 1996 issue of
Civil Society ... East and West

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Last updated: May 2 1996

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