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Global Research Council

The Global Research Council (GRC) is comprised of the heads of science and engineering funding agencies from around the world. The Council promotes best practices for high-quality collaboration among funding agencies worldwide. TWAS is represented on the Governing Board, and in 2012, it helped to organize a key regional conference in Ethiopia.

The Council's long-term goal is to foster research and collaboration across continents to benefit both rich and poor nations. In 2012, almost 50 research council leaders – including TWAS fellows Thirumalachari Ramasami of the Indian Department of Science and Technology and Glaucius Oliva of the Brazilian research council – endorsed a high-level statement of principles and initiated by the Council. Jörg Schneider, head of a major TWAS partner, the Division of International Affairs of the German Research Foundation, also endorsed the statement.

The statement of principles provides a framework for greater cooperation between researchers of different nations, and for communicating international standards for science funding agencies. It also provides a forum for regular meetings of GRC leaders, who can explore mechanisms to support international science and the global research community.  

For more details, please visit Global Research Council.

 

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  • At the 2nd GRC annual meeting, which took place in Berlin, 27-29 May 2013, two documents – developed following a series of regional workshops and review by an International Steering Committee – were endorsed: Statement of Principles for Research Integrity and Action Plan on Open Access to Publications.

  • Research council leaders to meet in Berlin 22 May 2013. Open access publications and research integrity will top the agenda when the Global Research Council holds its second summit meeting starting Monday in Berlin.

  • Global Research Council launched 15 May 2012. The US National Science Foundation, with the strong support of President Obama’s Office of Science, Technology and Policy and the US State Department, is organizing the inaugural meeting of the Global Research Council.