CRDF Launches 15th Anniversary and Bipartisan Statement Supporting Science Diplomacy's Role in U.S. Foreign Policy

Science cooperation has played -- and must continue to play -- an important role in American foreign policy. That was the message of a reception hosted on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 to launch CRDF's 15th anniversary year and to celebrate the release of a Bipartisan Statement supporting the elevation of Science Diplomacy's role in U.S. foreign policy. 

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CRDF Leads AAAS Panel on Science and Technology in the Arab World

At the 2010 AAAS Meeting in San Diego, CRDF led an international panel of science and technology specialists on the Arab region in a discussion of the progress that the Arab world has made, and needs to make, in order to build a knowledge society. The panel took place on Saturday, February 20, 2010.

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CRDF Russian Grantees Receive Prestigious Prize in Science and Innovation

CRDF congratulates three of its Russian grantees, who received a highly-regarded Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Feb. 8, 2010.

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More opportunities needed for U.S. researchers to work with foreign counterparts

Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Peter Agre's jointly published Op-ed in the Baltimore Sun advocating an increased role for science diplomacy in American foreign policy.

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Secretary Perry, Scientists Address Bay Area Leaders

On February 22, PSA, CRDF, AAAS and the Commonwealth Club of California hosted a lunch on science diplomacy at the Rosewood hotel in Menlo Park, CA. The lunch featured remarks by Sec. William Perry, Dr. Siegfried Hecker, Dr. David Baltimore, and Dr. Cynthia Tuthill.

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Afghan Scientists Visit CRDF to Develop Digital Science Library at Kabul University

Two Afghan scientists are helping to develop a pilot project for a digital science library so their colleagues and students at Kabul University can get access to international science publications and other content. They visited CRDF's Arlington office from Jan. 19-29, 2010 to work on the project, the Afghanistan Virtual Science Library (AVSL).

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CRDF CEO Campbell Participates in Delegation to DPRK

CRDF's President and CEO, Cathy Campbell, joined a non-governmental delegation led by Nobel Laureate Peter C. Agre, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),  to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for five days of talks with scientists and science officials. The six-person delegation of the U.S.-DPRK Science Engagement Consortium aimed at discussing and identifying future opportunities for collaborative research activities with the DPRK in fields of mutual interest.  The delegation travelled to DPRK from December 10-15.

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CRDF, Partners Hold Workshop in Syria on Sustainable Agriculture

Syrian water and agriculture researchers met with their counterparts from the United States and the Middle East at an invitation-only workshop on sustainable agriculture organized by CRDF and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on Jan. 5-7, 2010 at the University of Damascus.

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CRDF, Royal Scientific Society Form Science Partnership

CRDF and the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) in Amman, Jordan, have signed a memorandum of understanding that will facilitate the organizations' collaboration on science initiatives to facilitate peace and security. In the memorandum, CRDF and RSS affirm their mutual goals of establishing and implementing international scientific collaboration through an array of programs throughout the region.

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Groundbreaking International Research Focuses on Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury

Groundbreaking research conducted by US, Russian and Swiss scientists found that a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and regular exercise can enable paralyzed rats to walk and even run while supporting their full weight on a treadmill.

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MacArthur Foundation Announces Additional Support to CRDF for Scientific Education in Russia

CRDF is pleased to announce a $1.5 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in support of its joint US-Russian program to advance scientific research and education infrastructure in Russia. The grant is the latest from the MacArthur Foundation, which has donated more than $31.6 million to support CRDF's Basic Research and Higher Education (BRHE) program since 1998.

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President Campbell Discusses Future of Science Engagement and Diplomacy at Conference

CRDF President and CEO Cathy Campbell participated in a panel discussion focused on lessons for the future of science engagement and diplomacy at a conference entitled "Science Diplomacy and the Prevention of Conflict." The conference took place on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. It was hosted by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy in conjunction with the United States Institute of Peace to further academic understanding of science diplomacy as a valuable element in the wider field of public diplomacy.

 

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