The series of MWN development workshops have produced an international framework of joint funding agreements between the US National  Science Foundations and many of its counterpart agencies worldwide.

Administered by the NSF Division of Materials Research Office of Special Programs, this framework serves as the programmatic infrastructure for the MWN.  Please visit their program website for the latest list of participating agencies and contact information. 

Participating agencies include:

Africa

·          Ministère de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique  (CERIST), Algeria

·          Academy for Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt

·          Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, Ghana

·          Kenya National Academy of Sciences, Kenya

·          Ministère de l’Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Supérieur, de la Formation des Cadres et de la Recherche Scientifique, Morocco

·          National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Nigeria

·          Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research, Rwanda

·          Ministere de la Recherche Scientifique, Senegal

·          National Research Foundation, South Africa

·          Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, Tanzania

·          Research Council of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Americas

·          National Research Council for Science and Technology (CONICET), Argentina

·          National Council for Research (CNPq), Brazil

·          Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada

·          National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), Chile

·          Colombian Institute for the Development of Science and Technology (COLCIENCIAS), Colombia

·          National Commission of Science and Technology (NCST), Jamaica

·          National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), Mexico

·          National Institute of Higher Education (NIHERST), Trinidad and Tobago

·          National Science Foundation, US

Asia

·          National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

·          Department of Science and Technology, India

·          Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan

·          Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan

·          New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan

·          Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), Russian Federation

·          Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

·          National Science Council, Taiwan

Europe

·          Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria

·          Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Croatia

·          Tekes, Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, Finland

·          Academy of Finland: Research Council for Natural Sciences & Engineering, Finland

·          Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

·          Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France

·          Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany

·          Science Foundation of Ireland

·          National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Italy

·          Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg

·          Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter, Netherlands

·          The Research Council of Norway, Science and Technology Division, Norway

·          Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland

·          Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic, Slovak Republic

·          Ministry of Education and Science, Spain

·          Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Sweden

·          Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland

·          State Fund for Fundamental Research, Ukraine

·          Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK

·          European Science Foundation

Middle East

·          King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Saudi Arabia

·          TUBITAK, Turkey