The G8 Research Councils Initiative on Multilateral Research Funding
The first Call for Proposals: Interdisciplinary Program on Application Software towards Exascale Computing for Global Scale Issues
The Heads of Research Councils from the G8 countries (G8-HORCs) Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the UK, and the USA (Italy is not participating) have established a new joint funding initiative.
Global challenges need global solutions and this pilot initiative provides a new framework for co-operation across a broad range of disciplines and on a multilateral and multinational basis.
The initiative begins with a first call on Exascale Computing, further calls on other topics are expected in 2011 and 2012.
For further information, please consult the following documents:
Official homepages of the G8 Research Councils
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- French National Research Agency (ANR)
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)
- Research Councils of the United Kingdom (RCUK)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Please note: The Full Proposals application forms will soon be available.