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Argentina
The Argentinian National Association of Faculties in Humanities and Educational Sciences ANFHE is composed of 42 institutional members from 31 national universities. It was founded in 2004 with the aim of fostering academic cooperation in the Humanities and Educational Sciences. The ANFHE website provides information on expert commissions, on their annual conference, on [...]

Israel; international
"Chartered by law in 1961, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities acts as a national focal point for Israeli scholarship in both the natural sciences and the humanities [The Ministry of Education has a say in certain matters]. The Academy (...) monitor[s] and promote[s] Israeli intellectual excellence, advise[s] the government on scientific planning, fund[s] and [...]

Russian Federation
The Modern University of the Humanities in Russia is more than a common higher education institution. It is a network of more than 500 branches and teaching centres respectively in the Russian Federation and in the other CIS countries, even in Vietnam, Israel, China, Peru, and the Czech Republic. The MUH, founded in 1995 in Saint Petersburg, beginning with one branch provides [...]

Austria
The Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (Ludwig Boltzmann Society), which was founded in 1960, is a private sponsor of research establishments in Austria. Its Institutes deal with questions relating to medicine, humanities, social sciences and cultural sciences. The LBG, which is financed from public and private resources, is divided into Institutes and Clusters and currently [...]

Austria
With approximately 8 million books and objects, the Austrian National Library is the biggest library in Austria. In addition to the more than 3 million books, its international prestige is based particularly on the nine special Departments with their unique objects – manuscripts, incunabula, music autographs, photographs, maps, globes, etc. The Library was a universal [...]

Switzerland
Based on a government mandate, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) supports scientific research in all academic disciplines, from history to medicine and the engineering sciences. To ensure its independence, the SNSF was established as a private foundation in 1952. Its core task is the evaluation of research proposals. By allocating public research money based on the [...]

Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists. The primary objective of the RSC is to promote learning and research in the arts and sciences. The RSC consists of nearly 2000 Fellows, who are selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the natural and social sciences, in the arts and in the [...]

Luxemburg
Since 1999, the National Research Fund (FNR) has developed various thematic and structural funding instruments that helped to construct Luxembourg’s reputation as a research site. The FNR serves all branches of science and the humanities with an emphasis on strategically aligned research domains. A Performance Contract, concluded with the Ministry of Higher Education and [...]

Europe; international
NET4SOCIETY is the international network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in the 7th European Framework Programme (FP7). National Contact Points are set up to guide researchers in their quest for securing EU funding. NET4SOCIETY offers dedicated networking workshops, specific high quality trainings, and mentoring to the SSH [...]

Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Korea Research Foundation (KRF) is a national organization dedicated to social and scientific development. Main tasks of the KRF are as follows: 1) promotion of basic research, 2) support for women and young scientists, 3) promotion of scientific exchange and cooperation between North and South Korea and international research partners, 4) advancing progress in science and [...]

Europe
The European Science Foundation (ESF) is an association of 78 member organisations devoted to scientific research in 30 European countries. ESF's core purpose is to promote high quality science at a European level. The Foundation is committed to providing scientific leadership through its networking expertise and by ensuring that there is a European added value to all of its [...]

Russian Federation
The Modern University of the Humanities in Russia is more than a common higher education institution. It is a network of more than 500 branches and teaching centres respectively in the Russian Federation and in the other CIS countries, even in Vietnam, Israel, China, Peru, and the Czech Republic. The MUH, founded in 1995 in Saint Petersburg, beginning with one branch provides [...]

Australia
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) represents the interests of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences sectors, promotes the contribution of the sectors to government, industry and the public and serves as a coordinating forum for academics, students, business, and the broader community. Its website contains information on the CHASS, its [...]

China, People's Republic of
This is the biography of the famous Chinese pedagogue, thinker and philosopher Zhu Xi (1130-1200). This contribution is an appreciation of the merits of this great scholar. In 1999 he was determined by international experts to be one of the 50 personalities who have influenced mankind positively in the past 1000 years.

Israel
Beit Berl College is one of the oldest colleges (founded in 1946) and one of the leading institutions for teacher training in Israel. The college holds academic courses for teacher training (pre-school, primary and high school, special and informal education, and youth advancement), arts and the cinema, nature and the environment, and also diploma studies in librarianship, [...]

Canada
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports postsecondary-based research and training in the humanities and social sciences. By focusing on developing Talent, generating Insights and forging Connections across campuses and communities, SSHRC strategically supports world-leading [...]

Greece
The National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) is a multidisciplinary Research Centre. Its aim is to perform, finance and support high-level research projects in the areas of humanities and natural sciences. During its years of operation the NHRF has developed and performed research projects in the fields of history, physics, chemistry, material sciences, biology and [...]

United Kingdom
The Arts and Humanities Research Board provides funding and support in three programmes: advanced research; postgraduate research and training; and special funding for museums, libraries and galleries.

Switzerland
The Goetheanum is the headquarters for the School of Spiritual Science and the General Anthroposophical Society. The School of Spiritual Science with its eleven sections is active worldwide in research, development, teaching, and the practical implementation of its research findings and is supported by the Anthroposophical Society.