<P> Research councils are (usually public) bodies that provide research funding in the form of research grants or scholarships . These include arts councils and research councils for the funding of science . </P> <P> An incomplete list of national and international pan-disciplinary public research councils: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Location </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Scientific and Technical Research Council </Td> <Td> Argentina </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australian Research Council </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Austrian Research Promotion Agency </Td> <Td> Austria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) / <P> Fund for Scientific Research - Wallonia (F.R.S. - FNRS) </P> </Td> <Td> Belgium </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Research Council </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Commission for Scientific Research and Technology </Td> <Td> Chile </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Natural Science Foundation of China </Td> <Td> China </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ministry of Science and Technology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> European Research Council </Td> <Td> European Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Agency for Research </Td> <Td> France </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> German Research Foundation </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Department of Science and Technology </Td> <Td> India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Irish Research Council </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Science Foundation Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Research Council </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Research and Technology Council </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Research Council of Norway </Td> <Td> Norway </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spanish National Research Council </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Research Council of Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Swedish Research Council </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Swiss National Science Foundation </Td> <Td> Switzerland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Research Council of Thailand </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey </Td> <Td> Turkey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Research Councils UK </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Science Foundation </Td> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Location </Th> </Tr>

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