On November 22, 2013 the Research Department of Skoltech held in Amsterdam (Netherlands) the workshop “Advancing Research, Education and Innovation through International Collaboration: Workshop on Partnership Opportunities with Skoltech”.
The representatives from leading funding agencies from US, Europe and Russia have participated in the workshop (National Science Foundation, German Research Foundation (DFG), and Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Science Foundation Ireland, European Research Council, and European Molecula Biology Organization).
During the workshop the participants discussed opportunities for international cooperation with Russia and potential collaboration with Skoltech as a catalyzer of international activities between international funding agencies and Russian scientific community.
The held workshop was a great opportunity for Skoltech to meet with leading international funding agencies and is a first step of establishing partnership and developing joint collaborative activities.
Skoltech is going to pursue further the discussions with funding agencies to develop and implement joint activities in international science cooperation area which would be of the mutual benefit to Russia and the world.