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September 2007
First meeting of the International Forum of Funding Agencies (IFFA) for research in the social sciences
IFFA is a forum for national, publicly-funded social science research councils (or divisions of national councils responsible for the social sciences) to exchange information and best practice, discuss research policy issues of mutual interest, and develop collaborative actions aimed at promoting international social science.
The first meeting of IFFA was held in Ottawa, Canada, on 27-28 September 2007, and was hosted by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
The second meeting of IFFA will be held during the first half of 2008 and will be organised by SSHRC in collaboration with the ISSC.
Participants at the September 2007 IFFA meeting. From left to right: Christian Sylvain (SSHRC); Andrew Kaniki (South Africa National Research Foundation); Ravi Srivastava (Indian Council of Social Science Research); Henk Stronkhorst (European Science Foundation); Pierre-Olivier Pin (Agence nationale de la recherche, France); Berry Bonenkamp (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research); Zhou Yunfan (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences); Manfred Niessen (German Research Foundation); Glyn Davies (Economic and Social Research Council, UK); Heide Hackmann (ISSC); David Lightfoot (National Science Foundation, USA); Chad Gaffield (President, SSHRC)
The idea to establish an International Forum of Funding Agencies (IFFA) developed out of an initiative of the Social Science Research Council, USA, aimed at exploring the challenges and opportunities for international social science research collaboration.
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