The EU-US Science & Technology Agreement: An NSF Perspective David E. Schindel, Head National Science Foundation Europe Office American Embassy, Paris

THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION l Is a FEDERAL FUNDING agency with a ~$4.8B budget in FY 2002 (94% awarded) l Works primarily through grants to US UNIVERSITIES and COLLEGES l Does not own or operate institutes l Supports BASIC research and education in science/engineering l Supports the U.S. portion of international collaborations

EU-US S&T Agreement EU-US Agreement for FP5, –1997 Agreement led by State Department –Calls for specific Implementation Arrangements “Third Country” status on EC contracts Regular meetings of Joint Consultative Group Parallel proposal submission and review Separate funding for costs of U.S. activities

NSF-EC Implementation Coordinated Calls for: –Materials Research –Digital Libraries –Multilanguage Access –Research Training Networks Workshops on priorities in e-learning Possible Implementing Arrangements for: –Environmental Research –Earthquake Engineering

EU-NSF Cooperation in Materials Research 1996 Leuven Workshop 1998 Implementing Arrangement 1999 Coordinated Call - 13 proposals, 1 awards 2000 Coordinated Call - 23 proposals, 5 awards 2000 Toulouse Nanotechnology Workshop leading to 4 joint workshops 2001 Coordinated Call - 23 proposals Led to creation of USEMAT

EU-NSF Cooperation in Digital Libraries Formal 2001 Implementing Arrangement Bilateral Calls as part of International DLP –1999 UK call - 25 proposals/6 awards –2000 German call - 15 proposals/4 awards Spring 2001 EC-NSF Calls for Proposals 10 Proposals/1 Award 7 EU-US Working Groups Concertation meeting, Rome March 2002

EU-NSF Cooperation in Research Training Networks No formal Implementing Arrangement Fall 2000 EC Call for Proposals Fall 2000 NSF Dear Colleague Letter May 2001 Deadlines –EC proposals for new RTNs –NSF supplements for U.S. Training Sites Consultations in October 2001 Awards in early 2002