Agencies from 12 countries to streamline international research funding

By Natalie Samson. Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council is spearheading a project to streamline the path to international research funding. The Trans-Atlantic Platform is a consortium of 17 funding agencies from 12 countries, backed by the European Commission and co-led by SSHRC and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Its mission is to facilitate international research collaboration by simplifying the way researchers secure funding both here and abroad. More...