You could always talk about US federal govt.  e.g. anyone at any institution can apply for NIH research grants.
Show them the list at http://silk.nih.gov/public/xxxxxx@www.fy2004.foreign.txt
and tell them that $170M in NIH money went to foreign institutions in FY2004.

[One of their neighbors in Bulgaria got $54,000]

I'm not sure about other agencies.

Competitiveness is an entirely separate issue.

Charlie

At 03:19 PM 10/14/2004, you wrote:
>RESADMers--
>
>I've been drafted to give a grants workshop to some visiting Romanian
>agricultural scientists/biologists tomorrow morning.  I don't know much
>about grant opportunities available to them in Romania or Europe--does
>anyone?  Or can you point me towards some sources of information?  I can
>handle the proposal-writing part, that's universal, but I'd like to be able
>to talk about at least a few potential grant opportunities.
>
>Thanks and regards, Bill
>
>Bill Campbell
>Director, Grants & Research
>University of Wisconsin-River Falls
>410 S. 3rd St.
>River Falls, WI 54022
>715/425-3195
>FAX 715/425-0649
>
>
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