Overview of China programmes Coordination of Research between Europe and China (CO-REACH) 2005 Consortium of sixteen organisations including KNAW, NWO CO-REACH, 2005–2010, was a network of sixteen European Science and Technology policy and funding organisations that aimed to create synergy and cohesion in Europe’s Science and Technology relations with China, for example by coordinating China-related policy and funding programmes. In 2008 CO-REACH and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences jointly launched a multilateral pilot call for proposals in the social sciences.
Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP) 2008 KNAW, NWO, MoST, MoE, CAS, CASS The Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme offers funding opportunities for bilateral research cooperation between Dutch and Chinese research groups. JSTP supports research collaboration between Sino-Dutch research teams that wish to work together in sustainable joint research projects by providing multi-year research funding. It issues calls for proposals demonstrating complementary expertise between Dutch and Chinese research teams in predetermined thematic areas in which both countries excel. Website: www.nwo.nl/jstp
Talent and Training China–Netherlands (T&T) 2009 KNAW, NWO, CSC Talent and Training China-Netherlands aims to improve the quality and volume of PhD research at universities and research institutes in the Netherlands by recruiting talented Chinese PhD candidates interested in coming to the Netherlands to carry out their research at top Dutch graduate schools. Website: www.ttchina.nl
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