Annual Meetings of the GRC

The 9^th GRC Annual Meeting, originally scheduled to take place in Durban, South Africa, was held from 24-28 May 2021 in a virtual format in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Meeting was jointly hosted by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). 

The 8^th GRC Annual Meeting was held from 1 - 3 May 2019 in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The meeting was jointly hosted by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET).

The 7^th Annual Meeting of the Global Research Council was held on the 14-16 May in Moscow, Russia. The meeting was jointly hosted by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).

From 29 - 31 May 2017, the heads of close to 50 science and engineering funding agencies from around the world and over 100 delegates met for the 6^th Annual Meeting of the Global Research Council to share information and best practices to support high-quality collaboration among funding agencies worldwide.

The 5^th Annual Meeting of the Global Research Council was held from 25-27 May 2016 in New Delhi, India. The meeting was jointly hosted by Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the Indian Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB).

The 4^th Annual Global Meeting of the Global Research Council (GRC) was held on May 26-28 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting was hosted jointly by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa.

The 3^rd Annual Global Meeting of the Global Research Council (GRC) took place on May 26-28 2014 in Beijing, China. The meeting was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

On 29 May 2013, the 2^nd Annual Meeting of the Global Research Council (GRC) in Berlin has ended. Over three days, the heads of about 70 science and research councils from around the world as well as high-ranking guests from science and research, science administration and research policy attended the meeting.

The Global Summit on Merit Review was hosted by the U.S. National Science Foundation from May 13-15, 2012.  Almost 50 Heads of Research Councils, primarily representing the G-20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, attended the event.