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Bridging Science and Solution “The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers; he’s one who asks the right questions.” —Claude Lévi-Strauss, Le Cru et le cuit, 1964 To address many of the challenges facing the world today, successful solutions are predicated on the ability to ask the right questions. For nearly 12 years, CRDF has engaged thousands of scientists across borders to ask these questions, from junior scientists beginning their journey of discovery to more established scientists further along the path. Our interdisciplinary approach has enabled us to effectively bridge the information sought with the answer—the science with the solution—to create new knowledge, achieve critical goals and to advance the human condition the world over. Through its grantmaking and services, CRDF’s presence was felt in 2006 from Armenia to Ohio, in classrooms and boardrooms. This year we worked in new countries and regions and addressed evolving issues, laying the foundation for projects that will truly make a difference in the communities we serve. Our approach to addressing global priorities through science is comprehensive—by supporting initiatives that confront challenges and by creating the infrastructure necessary to sustain the solutions long after our work is complete. We work closely with our grantees, partners and clients to develop high-impact results to reach their goals ranging from education to commerce.
What follows are just a few of the stories chronicling our work and dedication in 2006. By serving as the bridge between science and solution, we continue to meet the challenges of an everchanging world. We invite you to join us to seek your solutions.
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“International cooperation in science is not a luxury; it is a necessity—and the foundation for the future.”
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Message from the Chair and the President
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HIV/AIDS in Armenia
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An Ounce of Prevention
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At CRDF, our work engages thousands of scientists and engineers who work together and across borders to address today’s most critical challenges—from health and the environment, to security and education. Collectively, we analyze these challenges and offer solutions based on high-quality international research collaborations. Our role as that critical bridge—between science and solutions—forms the heart of this report of CRDF’s work in 2006. Our work begins even before science emerges—and continues after solutions are found. We have nurtured ideas, supported critical research, and helped others to accomplish missions, all with the desire to achieve solutions that benefit us all. As global needs changed this year, CRDF responded—advancing programs in new countries and regions to meet the needs of those we serve. Our presence was felt in many ways, from boardrooms to classrooms; and from the frontlines of avian influenza to summer English language immersion camps for science students.
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CRDF extended our expertise with Iraq, where scientific infrastructure has been demolished and where thousands of bright minds seek to reconnect with the international scientific community. We worked with governments, NGOs and corporate partners to launch the Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL)—a first step in rebuilding the nation’s scientific community and preparing its next generation of scientists.
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In Eurasia, we built upon a decade of experience and knowledge to employ interdisciplinary approaches to the region’s growing needs. Through CRDF, HIV/AIDS researchers took the next steps toward developing cost-effective treatment and prevention programs and presented their work at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Our Eurasian Innovation & Investment Forum series connected American businesspeople in Ohio with Eurasian scientists and engineers—making global competitiveness within reach for small, growing companies. In Russia, the success of the Basic Research and Higher Education (BRHE) program became further apparent with the adoption of the BRHE model by Russia for its own future initiatives in higher education.
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Ms. Cathleen Campbell
Finally, many other organizations continue to rely on CRDF for services under our Grant Assistance Program (GAP). In 2006, we responded to overwhelming positive customer feedback with growth, expanding geographically and deepening services. The pages that follow contain just a few of the stories chronicling CRDF’s role in 2006. As you read, you’ll meet Armenian HIV/AIDS researcher Dr. Karine Markosyan; Ohio entrepreneur James Ohneck; IVSL co-creator Dr. D.J. Patil; Dr. Jason Rao of the U.S. Department of State; and Dr. John Slocum of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. We invite you to learn more about CRDF and how we can bridge science and solution for you.
Dr. Gloria Duffy Chair , Board of Directors
Ms. Cathleen Campbell President and Chief Executive Officer
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In June 1981 the Centers for Disease Control published the first medical description of what the world came to know as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Twenty-five years later, HIV and AIDS have ravaged the developing world as well as industrial nations in each hemisphere. HIV/AIDS rates in Eurasia are among the highest in the developed world, and Eurasian researchers desperately seeking to reverse this trend face many barriers, including insufficient infrastructure, funding constraints and an absence of like-minded peers. Addressing global health issues has been a primary issue for CRDF, which has funded projects supporting the work of researchers in more than 10 Eurasian and Baltic nations. By serving as a bridge to resources, funding, and interdisciplinary perspectives, CRDF enabled these men and women on the front lines against HIV/AIDS, avian flu, tuberculosis and hepatitis, as well as many can-
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one day benefit everyone. In 2006, CRDF activated 16 research grant awards in
Display at the 2006 International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada.
“I think that the opportunity that CRDF has given me to pilot this research is so valuable…hopefully we’ll be able to have these results included into the national program.” —Dr. Karine Markosyan, Project Manager, Center for Health Services Research, American University of Armenia,Yerevan, Armenia
2006 CRDF George Brown Award Recipient
Dr. King Holmes the areas of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, including 10 in the Russian Federation—which is witnessing Europe’s fastest infection rate. These awards are a component of the global fight against this epidemic. Recognizing the power of prevention, CRDF is providing critical support through research and travel grants to healthcare researchers in Armenia, where HIV and AIDS have not taken a firm foothold—allowing them to win the battle before it starts.
Pioneering Interdisciplinary Global Health Solutions In 1989, as founding director of the University of Washington’s Center for AIDS and STD, Dr. King Holmes took the lead in advancing research, training, resources and technical assistance for global health issues. In 2006, his work was honored with CRDF’s annual George Brown Award for International Scientific Cooperation. “George Brown was such a heroic figure in the United States. To be the recipient of this award is quite an honor,” says Holmes.
“CRDF is targeting one of the most important problems in the world in a targeted way,” Holmes says. “Replacing conflict with scientific collaboration—in terms of global health, it’s a big bang for the buck.”
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A pioneer of global health research initiatives, Dr. Holmes has developed a model of international collaboration that has been embodied in projects around the world. “It’s crucial to take people from across disciplines, such as arts, science, law, engineering and public affairs, to tackle this complex problem and improve health conditions for the five billion people in the world who need this,” he says.
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Top Left: Dr. Karine Markosyan in her office in Armenia. Top Right: Yerevan, Armenia. Bottom: Dr. Ralph DiClemente, Dr. Karine Markosyan’s collaborator at Emory University.
An Ounce of Prevention: HIV/AIDS in Armenia
“Armenia has a relatively low rate of HIV infection, but we should not wait until it becomes an epidemic to conduct this type of prevention research.” —Dr. Karine Markosyan,
Project Manager, Center for Health Services Research, American University of Armenia,Yerevan, Armenia
Poverty, unemployment, intravenous drug use, increased regional migration and a cultural stigma—these are the factors that threaten to bring HIV/ AIDS in Armenia to an epidemic level, according to Dr. Karine Markosyan, a researcher working in HIV/AIDS behavior and intervention. The key to stopping a future crisis is prevention today. Dr. Markosyan’s current project involves a group particularly at risk: female commercial sex workers. Through a CRDF cooperative grant, Dr. Markosyan is implementing an intervention program in Yerevan. In 2006, CRDF sponsored her participation in the only Eurasia-focused panel at the XVI International AIDS conference in Toronto. Here she had the opportunity to not only present her work but also connect, face-to-face, with the international scientific community. “There were no researchers in Armenia I could share my research with,” Dr. Markosyan says. “I have never been to a conference with this many networking opportunities for people who work in HIV. We shared experiences.” “I cannot emphasize how important that is to a young investigator,” says Dr. Ralph DiClemente, her collaborator at Emory University. “You have a concentrated group of scientists, a chance to present work, to get feedback. Karine now knows someone at the (U.S.) National Institutes of Health. Without CRDF, that would have never happened.”
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There remain many security threats around the world, including former weapons scientists—who face the serious challenge of unemployment and underemployment—as well as the safety of biological materials. In some countries, the vital expertise to deal with biological threats isn’t always available in-country. That’s where CRDF comes in. By quickly engaging with partners from governments to small companies, we are helping to develop co-
CRDF’s work greatly contributed to avian influenza monitoring efforts.
operative international initiatives to promote the safe, secure and responsible use of biological materials that are at risk of accidental release or intentional misuse. CRDF’s project management support has provided significant value to the U.S. Department of State’s efforts to address the changing nature of bioterrorist threats. Our
activities in 2006 included engaging the Midwest
Research Institute—a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, that develops practical solutions for industry
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laboratory upgrade that will serve as a model for biosafety and biosecurity needs in the region. We also funded and organized
“Our office has a really small slice of the CTR pie and CRDF really helps that to go a long way.” —Dr. Jason Rao, Senior
Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Expertise Program Coordinator, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR), U.S. Department of State
the participation of scientists from Eurasia, North Africa and Southeast Asia in several conferences that helped integrate them into the international scientific community. These activities resulted in the development of inFormer bioweapons facility in Berdsk, Russian Federation.
country biosafety and biosecurity expertise in new geographic areas as well as assisting in the redirection of former weapons scientists to civilian work.
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Research team with the Russian flu surveillance project at Vector.
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Left: Iraq’s Al Tuwaitha nuclear facility. Top Right: Dr. Jason Rao. Bottom Right: Researcher with the Russian flu surveillance project.
Evolving to Meet New Threats:
“CRDF has time and again shown that meaningful, competitive and creative research and development actually makes a difference.” —Dr. Jason Rao, Senior
Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Expertise Program Coordinator, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR), U.S. Department of State
Addressing emerging threats requires meaningful, competitive and creative research and development—the kind supported by CRDF, says Jason Rao, Ph.D., senior program coordinator with the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation’s Cooperative Threat Reduction program (ISN/CTR) at the U.S. Department of State. The programs he manages are committed to engaging former weapons scientists, promoting sustainability at former weapons institutes and developing cooperative international programs that promote the safe, secure and responsible use of biological materials that are at risk of accidental release or intentional misuse. CRDF’s flexibility and ability to respond quickly and cost effectively to solve problems have played critical roles in nonproliferation projects in key geographical areas, says Rao. “Nonproliferation has evolved greatly over the years and CRDF has grown with us, often leading and dragging, teaching us how to do it, and working in new areas,” he adds. “One of the things I think CRDF should be most proud of is helping us to establish a Russian flu surveillance project,” Dr. Rao noted. This was a collaborative project with Vector, a former biological defense research facility in Siberia. Highly trained American and Russian virologists collaborated to establish this critical effort to monitor migratory birds as they flew over Novosibirsk, in Siberia. American scientists now famous for their work on avian influenza actually provided the reagents to Vector that allowed the typing within 24 hours of the H5N1 outbreak. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is tapping into some of the capacities that CRDF built at Vector and specialists are considering this a sort of model surveillance program for emerging threats. “This was really a landmark project, and it was less than $100,000,” says Rao.
Multinational collaboration is a key component in CRDF’s nonproliferation programs. A prime example of the success of this philosophy is a project that provided funding for former weapons scientists from Chernobyl’s International Radioecology Laboratory to analyze soil samples from Iraq’s Al Tuwaitha nuclear facility, which is widely believed to be contaminated with uranium dioxide, or yellow cake, and a variety of other radionuclides. CRDF also provided funding for the Ukrainians to train Iraqi technicians on how to attain IAEA international standards in decommissioning the reactors and decontaminating the Al Tuwaitha site. Additional funding for this effort is provided by the U.S. Department of State’s WMD Personnel Redirection Program in Iraq. “CRDF has done tremendous work on our Iraq redirection program,” says Rao. “I can’t say enough about how helpful it’s been to have CRDF on our team.”
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The Russian flu surveillance project is an example of the type of contribution CRDF is offering to ISN/ CTR’s various efforts—most recently, the Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP), which reduces the risk of biological threats by collaborating with partner governments to develop biosafety and pathogen security standards that are consistent with national and international guidelines, norms and requirements. What is more, CRDF has demonstrated its ability to rapidly respond in difficult environments and transition scientists into meaningful civilian alternatives. For instance, through a series of workshops held in neighboring Jordan, CRDF is helping Iraqi scientists and engineers to build skills for peaceful civilian employment and develop productive relationships with U.S. counterparts.
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Many U.S. companies seek international expansion or access to commercially viable technologies—including those developed in Eurasia—but are hesitant to do so because of potential risk. Meanwhile, foreign scientists and inventors are often challenged to find ways to bring their innovations to the attention of the marketplace. CRDF’s solution: Help make the connections and simplify the process. Through programs like the Eurasian Innovation & Investment Forums, CRDF connects leading-edge U.S. companies to skilled international scientists and engineers, as well as to market and business opportunities. The first Forum—held in Cleveland, Ohio, in June 2006—generated aware-
The first Eurasian Innovation & Investment Forum—held in Cleveland, Ohio, in June 2006—generated awareness of global opportunities for U.S. participants.
ness of global opportunities for Ohio businesses, and the realization that companies do not have to outsource jobs in order to “in-source” innovation. For U.S. companies, investors and local government entities, the Ohio Forum was an opportunity to access thoroughly evaluated and commercially qualified innovations from many of Eurasia’s brightest minds. For the Eurasian scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs who served as presenters, the Forum presented an opportunity to establish relationships with potential partners. The Forum served as a crucial first step toward creating mutually beneficial partner-
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ships that will stimulate growth—not only in Ohio, but in such countries as Russia, Ukraine
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and Armenia. It demonstrated CRDF’s ability to simplify collaboration by providing the services and support mechanisms that reduce the risk for U.S. businesses interested in transnational commercial partnerships, particularly in Eurasia.
“You hear the region talking about brain drain and technology drain.This is exactly the opposite. Here we are basically importing technologies from overseas and then creating jobs in northeast Ohio.” —Wayne Zeman, VP, Venture
Development, MAGNET (a Cleveland incubator)
A Note on GAP: CRDF, specifically its GAP service, makes it possible for public and private organizations to work jointly with international counterparts. In 2006, GAP expanded many of its core capabilities and geographic reach—improving the depth and range of value to clients. One particular client has sought GAP’s services for a wide array of services since the beginning. He offers his testimony below.
Dr. Frank Garner Watching GAP Grow—and Evolve “If you present CRDF with a reasonable argument specific to your situation, the answer that comes back is almost always something reasonable,” says Dr. Frank Garner. This flexible, straightforward approach is one of the reasons why Garner has worked with CRDF’s Grant Assistance Program (GAP) since the program’s beginning—first as a Cooperative Grants Program (CGP) participant, then in conjunction with a travel grant and today in ventures that bring together cooperative research, industry partnerships and nonproliferation goals. Garner’s first GAP collaboration involved the Russian Institute of Physics and Power Engineering and a project that aimed “to take advantage of facilities and capabilities that were available in the former Soviet Union but weren’t available or affordable in the United States.” In each case, he says, the team wanted to reach a goal but the resources weren’t available. Among grant-givers, he found CRDF to be “user-friendly.” He then discovered GAP’s support facilitating a travel grant—furthering the collaboration that he finds vital for his Eurasian partners. “If I can take them to a conference, I can introduce them to other people who can use the same services,” Garner says. The human connection reached a new dimension with the “Humanitarian Soil Dielectric Mapper” project. This initiative to develop a completely unmanned (and safer) landmine detector is a joint venture of Sandia National Laboratories, LLC SPE Spektr-Conversion (Russia) and Stolar Horizon (U.S.) as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program. GAP facilitated the safe, accountable, tax-free transfer of funds to support these efforts.
other GAP-assisted collaboration, with the Institute for Nuclear Materials in Russia and Nuclear Fuel Industries, a for-profit Japanese company that engages former weapons scientists. For such partnerships, according to Garner, CRDF fills a gap, respecting the strict collaboration rules that govern national laboratories while being able to effectively administer funding from the commercial side. “You can talk to the small private companies and say ‘We can get the kind of work you need done with the kind of budget you have.’ CRDF arranges not only to get your work done but also to protect the interests of the clients that you work with,” says Garner.
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But this is only one public/private partnership Garner is working on that is facilitated by GAP and integrates many of CRDF’s goals. Through his role with the Pacific National Northwest Laboratory, Garner is guiding an-
He concludes, “I talk up GAP to anyone who’ll listen.”
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Thinking Globally, Growing Locally
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Left: Jim Ohneck, director of marketing for Valtronic, in his office. Right: A Valtronic researcher working on fuel cell technology.
Thinking Globally, Growing Locally: Helping Small Business Remain Competitive In 2006, the Eurasian Innovation & Investment Forum helped an eye-care startup—and a region—advance its own business vision. Hosted by CRDF, the Ohio Department of Development, and 5iTech, LLC, the Forum expanded upon Ohio Governor Bob Taft’s Third Frontier Program, which aims to build world-class research capacity, support seedstage capital development and finance advanced manufacturing industries in the state. Jim Ohneck, director of marketing for Valtronic, used the event as a platform to introduce a new firm called Oculatek, a joint venture between Valtronic, Ohio firm EST, Inc., Moscow-based JSC MACDEL-Technologies, and Ohio-based 5iTech, LLC, specialists in technology commercialization. Oculatek incorporates technology developed by MACDEL into a product designed to slow progressive near-sightedness. CRDF helped the U.S. and Russian collaborators bridge differences in language, culture and marketing experience to put together a business plan that spurred inquiries from several potential investors. Jim Ohneck shares his success at CRDF’s Eurasian Innovation & Investment Forum in Cleveland, Ohio.
Oculatek’s technology was one of many innovations highlighted at the event. Companies such as H2O ECOnomy, an Armenia-based developer of fuel cells, also traveled to Cleveland to present ideas and meet potential partners. “When you can talk to the inventor, associate the face behind the company with the technology, it personalizes it and makes the investor realize there’s a human being behind this who did this job,” Ohneck says. Bridging Science and Solution
He adds that the conference’s benefits extended beyond Oculatek to Cleveland and the entire state of Ohio. “We need ideas in the city from the outside, and the state needs companies coming in from the outside to precipitate growth.”
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Higher education in Iraq faces unprecedented challenges: first, decades of isolation from the international scientific community due to sanctions, then widespread looting and destruction of already insufficient infrastructure, to the current safety and security threats targeting the research community. A powerful solution towards closing the gap between Iraqi scientists and the international scientific community now exists: the Iraqi Virtual
D.J. Patil at the Iraqi Virtual Science Library launch in Washington, DC.
Science Library (IVSL) project administered by CRDF in partnership with several U.S. government agencies, companies, and nongovernmental organizations. IVSL is an online database that provides free, full-text access to more than a million peer-reviewed articles and a large collection of educational materials. Users can log in to the IVSL from anywhere, including their homes and Internet cafes—a feature that addresses the fact that many Iraqi universities lack computer facilities, servers and campus Internet connections.
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In just a year, the IVSL developed from concept to a tool that sup-
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ports approximately 2,000 registered subscribers and is designed to be accessed by approximately 80 percent of the Iraqi student population. The growth of this knowledge base—more than 124,000 articles
“One of the things that CRDF has been able to do is act as that bridge. It’s almost a time bridge, bringing scientists who had been out of touch up to where they need to go today. And no one else has that expertise.” —Dr. D.J. Patil, IVSL co-foun-
der and former American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow
downloaded—has been matched by a concurrent increase in research productivity: 160 articles published by Iraqi scientists in the past year, double the output of the past five years. Through the IVSL, CRDF is building sustainability through education in a geographic region of need. Strengthening the
Kenneth J. Krieg (left)—the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics at the U.S. Department of Defense— and Dr. George H. Atkinson—the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State—attended IVSL’s launch last year.
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IVSL for the future will involve extending access to all remaining Iraqi universities, expanding the range of available data-
global visibility of Iraqi research by creating a national online
isolation hinders vital research
repository with an open-access online portal. As soon as prac-
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tical, the IVSL will transition entirely into Iraqi ownership and
education for real integration and acceptance
bases and promoting indigenous academic journals and the
support—a process that is well under way.
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Dr. D.J. Patil is a former American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow who co-founded the Iraqi Virtual Science Library. Top Right: Kenneth J. Krieg—the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics at the U.S. Department of Defense with Dr. Patil at the IVSL launch.
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“Without CRDF, the project could not really move forward to making the true impact of fostering engagement and integration of Iraqi scientists into the global scientific community.” —Dr. D.J. Patil, IVSL co-foun-
der and former American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow
“If Iraqi scientists and teachers are willing to risk their lives for their work, the least we can give them is access to information,” says Dr. D.J. Patil, IVSL co-founder and former American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow. Thanks to the Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL), scientists who had been isolated from the international community for nearly 30 years now can access up-to-date scientific data on everything from engineering to crop rotation. Patil and Dr. Susan Cumberledge, also a former AAAS fellow, brought together the resources of a powerful public-private partnership, including policy and logistical support from the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, servers and IT expertise from Sun Microsystems and access to millions of peer-reviewed articles through the National Academies of Science. “Without programs like this, you can’t rebuild,” says Patil. CRDF was enlisted to move the IVSL from startup to an established project, drawing upon its years of experience engaging scientists and rebuilding scientific communities in Eurasia. The project ultimately will be transitioned over to the Iraqi scientific community. Patil reports that the team has developed technology and a model that will be replicable in other areas of the developing world. Bridging Science and Solution
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CRDF is working to improve the conditions for conducting scientific research and education in many of the countries of Eurasia. The effects of the Soviet legacy of dividing the research and education communities and a historical lack of research and training opportunities for university science students together pose a long-term challenge to technological growth and stability. We are meeting this challenge by building sustain-
BRHE Pan-REC conference connects universities across Russia.
able institutions patterned on successful international counterparts that will enable Eurasian scientists to develop national and global science and technology advances. The Basic Research and Higher Education (BRHE) program—which integrates scientific research and education in the Russian Federation—is an example of an effective solution that has significantly influenced higher education policies in Russia. Since its inception in 1998, BRHE has successfully established 20 Research and Education Centers (RECs) across Russia, giving students and faculty access to state-of-the-art research equipment
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world science.
“What’s been gratifying is that this program has been one of the most successful joint U.S.-Russian ventures over the past decade.” —Dr. John Slocum, director of
Migration and Human Mobility and co-chair of the Higher Education Initiative in Russia for the MacArthur Foundation
Over the past decade, BRHE has boosted the profile of many of the universities in the program and brought the idea of universitybased research into the set of expectations for the Russian scientific community. Even more, this overall shift to an integrated system has led to institutions where state-of-the-art research equipment and coursework are the norm, and self-sustainability
BRHE student presents his research findings at a poster exhibit in St. Petersburg.
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the ultimate goal. In 2006, the BRHE model realized an important milestone toward self-sufficiency—an expansion that was prompted by a competition conducted by the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Education and Science (MES). This competition resulted in 15 new Ministrysupported centers focusing on natural sciences and four in humanitarian and social sciences. Four of the natural science centers have now been chosen for full participation in the BRHE program.
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growing a knowledge base connecting minds and ideas continuing the shift to modern educational institutions a model for change technological growth and stability
Petrozavodsk
Voronezh
Perm Tambov Kazan Ekaterinburg Samara Tomsk Rostov-on-Don Saratov Novosibirsk
Krasnoyarsk Irkutsk
*Locations of all universities supported by BRHE in Russian Federation.
Vladivostok
Students gathering at Moscow State University.
St. Petersburg State Mining Institute.
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Dr. John Slocum, director of Migration and Human Mobility and co-chair of the Higher Education Initiative in Russia for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Tomsk State University, Russia
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“BRHE has been a true partnership between the U.S. and Russia.” —Dr. John Slocum, director of
Migration and Human Mobility and co-chair of the Higher Education Initiative in Russia for the MacArthur Foundation
As the former Soviet Union rejoined the global community, politics and geography were not the only areas of dramatic transition. To compete in the ever-changing scientific and economic environment, Russia had to rebuild its higher education and research infrastructure into a more integrated, interdisciplinary form. And, to be truly effective, a new model would need full buy-in by the local scientific community. Since 1998, the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York and CRDF have partnered to develop new Research and Education Centers (RECs), which reintegrate research and education at Russian universities. In 2006 the partnership reached a new milestone with Russia’s decision to expand its higher education efforts using the Basic Research and Higher Education (BRHE) model—a measure of success that prompted the MacArthur Foundation to grant additional funding to enable the joint program to grow to 20 RECs. “What really motivated us was that the initiative for this came directly from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (MES),” says Dr. John Slocum, director of Migration and Human Mobility and co-chair of the Higher Education Initiative in Russia for the MacArthur Foundation. “It was a clear demonstration that Russia was taking ownership of the program.” In 2005, the MES sponsored its own competition that led to 15 new Ministry-supported centers. The Ministry chose to pattern its competition on BRHE, reflecting years of work by CRDF, the MacArthur Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Russian science and education community.
“BRHE has demonstrated that it can stay viable in Russia,” he said. “The program itself may evolve into a permanent part of the way that Russian science and higher education is conducted.”
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“It’s been rewarding to see how well the U.S.-based CRDF team works with its counterparts in Moscow, and how well CRDF in Russia works with the Russian Ministry of Education and Science,” Slocum said. “All of the linkages in this institutional chain are very effective, very responsive.”
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Activity Report 2006
2006
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CRDF Clients**
Grant Dispersal
28.92%
Non-Profit/NGO 21%
Biological, Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
6.98%
3.47%
35% For-Profit
Electrical, Material and Manufacturing Sciences
11.21%
Geological Sciences
Research
17.44%
U.S. Government
Chemistry
Physics and Information Sciences 2.47% Mathematical
17%
4.45%
Other
13.28% Travel/Training/Fellowships 11.79% Equipment
Universities
27%
Total: $10,058,378.68 2006
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Activity by Program (Dollar Amount)
Where we work
Russia Ukraine Georgia Azerbaijan Latvia Kazakhstan Lithuania Estonia Kyrgyzstan Moldova Uzbekistan
1.6%
13.7%
27.4%
29.5%
27.7%
Indonesia
USA
Armenia
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Libya
Centers & Institution Building Cooperative Grants Nonproliferation Industry Middle East and North Africa All statistics are accurate as of December 31, 2006. **Grouped by percentage of total number of clients.
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Jordan
Iraq Egypt
U.A.E.
Financial Statement 2006
Statement of activities for the year ended December 31, 2006 Temporarily Restricted
Unrestricted Revenues: Grants and Contracts Interest and Investment Income Grant Assistance Program Net Assets Released
$
Total Revenues Expenses: Program Expenses: Centers & Institution Building Cooperative Research Grants Industry Non-Proliferation Middle East & Northern Africa
5,814,164 2,838,447 1,971,425 17,510,050 28,134,086
$
11,099,997 191,191
2006 TotalUnaudited
$
-17,510,050 -6,218,862
16,914,161 3,029,638 1,971,425 0 21,915,224
5,889,209 5,494,458 2,738,254 5,418,121 316,860
5,889,209 5,494,458 2,738,254 5,418,121 316,860
Total Program Expenses
19,856,902
19,856,902
Grant Assistance Progam Total Program Expenses
1,229,615 21,086,516
1,229,615 21,086,516
General Administration
4,285,626 25,372,143
4,285,626 25,372,143
Total Expenses
2,761,944
-6,218,862
-3,456,917
Net Assets At Beginning of Year
7,373,617
39,185,312
46,558,929
Net Assets At End of Year
$
10,135,561
$
32,966,405
$
43,102,012
*The information presented here is drawn from the 2006 unaudited financial statements of CRDF, which were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The audit report by McGladrey & Pullen, LLP will be presented to the CRDF Board of Directors at its June 2007 meeting.
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Board of Directors
Advisory Council
Dr. Gloria Duffy Chair
Dr. Kenneth W. Rind
Ambassador James F. Collins
Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering
President and CEO
General Partner
Director and Senior Associate,
Senior Vice President
Commonwealth Club of
Israel Infinity Venture
Diplomat in Residence
International Relations
California
Capital Fund
Carnegie Endowment for
The Boeing Company
International Peace Dr. John H. Moore Vice Chair
Dr. Marjorie Senechal
President Emeritus
Louise Wolff Kahn Professor in
Dr. Sidney B. Drell
Dr. Frank Press
Grove City College
Mathematics and History of
Senior Fellow
Principal
Science and Technology
Hoover Institution
The Washington Advisory Group
Ms. Dona L. Crawford
Smith College Ms. Susan Eisenhower
Dr. Peter Raven
Lawrence Livermore National
Dr. Albert R. C. Westwood
President
Director
Laboratory
Vice President Emeritus
Eisenhower Institute
Missouri Botanical Garden
Dr. Irma Gigli
Dr. Loren R. Graham
Dr. Gerson S. Sher
Director, Center for Immunol-
Professor of History and Science
President of the United States Industry
ogy & Autoimmune Diseases
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Coalition, Inc., and Founding President of
Associate Director, Computation
Sandia National Laboratories
CRDF
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Ms. Rose Gottemoeller
Dr. David A. Hamburg President Emeritus
Dr. Yoram Shoham
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Director Midway Resource International
Director Carnegie Moscow Center Mr. Fred L. Johnson
Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker Senior Fellow and former Director
Dr. Robert M. White
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Principal The Washington Advisory Group
Chairman Santa Fe Technologies, Inc.
Dr. John P. Holdren Teresa and John Heinz Professor of
Dr. David Kay
Environmental Policy
Senior Fellow
Harvard University
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Dr. Leon Lederman
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Dr. Victor Rabinowitch Sr. Vice President (Retired), The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Funders and Partners 2006 CRDF Funders
Ministry of Education and Science, Ukraine
of CRDF events in 2006:
CRDF wishes to thank the following U.S. government
Moldovan Research and Development Association
The Hon. Richard Durbin, United States Senate
agencies, private foundations and corporations for their
National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
The Hon. Roscoe Bartlett, House of Representatives
grants and financial contributions to CRDF in 2006.
National Foundation of Science and Advanced Tech-
The Hon. Joseph Crowley, House of Representatives
nologies, Armenia
The Hon. Wayne Gilchrest, House of Representatives
Organisation for Economic
The Hon. Marcy Kaptur, House of Representatives
U.S. State Department The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Co-operation and Development
The Hon. Barbara Lee, House of Representatives
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Royal Scientific Society, Amman, Jordan
The Hon. Sander Levin, House of Representatives
U.S. National Institutes of Health
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Hon. Donald Manzullo, House of Representatives
U.S. National Science Foundation
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
The Hon. Betty McCollum, House of Representatives
U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency
The U.S. Russia Center for Entrepreneurship
The Hon. Jim McDermott, House of Representatives
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Yerevan State University
The Hon. Tim R yan, House of Representatives
National Innovation Fund, Kazakhstan
The Hon. Curt Weldon, House of Representatives
Ford Foundation
U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations:
Bechtel National, Inc.
American Social Health Association
Monsanto Company
Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America
Embassy Partners:
Armenian Professional Society
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia
CRDF Partners
ARPA Institute
Embassy of Azerbaijan
CRDF wishes to thank the following organizations that
Cuyahoga Community College
Embassy of Georgia
partnered with CRDF to carry out a program activity or
Friends of Armenia
Embassy of the Republic of Iraq
event in 2006.
George Mason University
Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Global Health Council
Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
U.S. Government Partners:
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Embassy of Kyrgyz Republic
U.S. Department of Energy
Kent State University
Embassy of Latvia
Ohio Department of Development
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Libyan Liaison Office
Ohio Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania
Foreign Partners:
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
Embassy of the Republic of Moldova
Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS
Embassy of Pakistan
Academy of Sciences of Moldova
University of Washington
Embassy of Poland
House Manufacturing Caucus
Embassy of the Russian Federation
Arab Science and Technology Foundation, Sharjah, U.A.E. Corporate Partners:
Embassy of Tajikistan
Estonian Science Foundation
5iTech, LLC
Embassy of Ukraine
Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enter-
Benesch,Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates
prises (FASIE), Moscow, Russia
General Electric
Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Georgian National Science Foundation
JumpStart, Inc.
Georgian Research and Development Foundation
Parker-Hannifin Corporation
CRDF would also like to gratefully acknowledge each
Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
of the U.S. Embassies in the countries in which we work
Ministry of Education and Science, Armenia
Steris
for their continued support. CRDF would also like to thank the many individual scientists and engineers
Ministry of Education, Azerbaijan
who volunteer their time and expertise for our merit-
Ministry of Education and Science, Georgia
Congressional Partners:
Ministry of Education and Science, Moldova
CRDF wishes to thank the following Congressional part- based review programs to ensure the quality of the
Ministry of Education and Science, Russia
ners for serving as co-sponsors and/or honorary chairs
work that CRDF supports.
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