The U.S. National Science Foundation encourages U.S. scientists and engineers and their institutions to enhance their research and education activities through international collaborations. NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) supports a number of activities to foster collaborations between the U.S. research and education community and international partners.
Collaboration opportunities by country
Explore funding opportunities and special guidelines for U.S.-based researchers interested in partnering with researchers in other countries.
Canada
NSF partnership with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Research topics: Artificial intelligence and quantum science.
Czech Republic
NSF partnership with the Czech Science Foundation.
Research topics: Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and privacy, and other topics.
Finland
NSF partnership with the Academy of Finland.
Research topics: Artificial intelligence and wireless communications.
France
NSF partnership with the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche).
Core topics
Research topics: All CISE core topics.
France CISE core topics guidelines - NSF 21-020.
Quantum information science and engineering
Research topics: Quantum information science and engineering.
Germany
NSF partnership with the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V.)
Research topics: Cybersecurity.
Ireland / Northern Ireland
NSF partnership with the Ireland-Northern Ireland Research and Development Partnership.
Research topics: Nanoscale science and engineering, sensors and sensor networks, telecommunications, energy and sustainability, and cybersecurity.
Israel
NSF partnership with the Israel Binational Science Foundation.
Research topics: All CISE core topics.
Italy
NSF partnership with the Ministry of Universities and Research of the Italian Republic (MUR).
Research topics: Artificial intelligence.
South Korea
NSF partnership with the South Korean Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation.
Research topics: Wireless communication technology.
United Kingdom
NSF partnership with the UKRI/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Research topics: Select programs and topics.
Collaborations with multiple countries
These programs invite researchers from multiple countries to collaborate on a specific research topic.
Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience
NSF partnerships with Germany, France, Israel, Japan, and Spain.
Research topics: Innovative approaches to science and engineering research on brain function.
Past partnerships
Australia
NSF-22-086
European Union
NSF 21-048
India
NSF 22-040
NSF 23-114
NSF 23-139
Japan
NSF 21-624
Collaborations with multiple countries
NSF 22-046