Across the ThresholdAnnual Report 2008

Contents Letter from the Chair and the President 4

Project Highlights:

Iraq Virtual Science Library 6

Infectious Disease Surveillance in Central Asia 8

Newborn Screening Initiative in the Middle East 10

Event Highlights 12

CRDF Services 18

Financial Statement 20

Where We Work 22

Board of Directors 23

Advisory Council 24

Executive Staff and Office Locations 25

Funders and Partners 26

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development of improved screening methods for genetic diseases in newborns. Through a workshop and a related funding competition, CRDF helped Middle Eastern researchers in this field to begin to develop regional networks and form interna-tional teams with U.S. and other scientists around the world to identify and address research opportunities. The outcome will be truly transformative—helping babies stay healthy as well as creating lasting connections between scientists.

As part of our mission, CRDF promotes positive change by introducing international best practices and proven institutional models in science, higher education and technology commer-cialization. In 2008, CRDF worked to strengthen university research and education in science and engineering in places like Iraq through such projects as the Web-based project to reintegrate the nation’s scientific and higher education communities into the global community of science. In 2008,

Cathleen A. CampbellPresident & CEO

John MooreChair, Board of Directors

Dear Friends and Colleagues, In this 2008 annual report, we have much good news to share about CRDF’s programs and activities and their transformative impact on international science collaboration. Our theme—“Across the Threshold”—reflects the path of this transformation into a new realm of shared knowledge, economic development and enduring relationships between nations.

2008 was a very exciting time for CRDF. Working together with our partners, we took important steps toward strengthen-ing international scientific collaboration. We supported this goal through awarding research grants, conducting training activities and providing technical services. Our outreach now has extended globally to more than 30 countries.

In the Middle East and North Africa, we supported the establishment of programs that facilitate and build collaborative relationships between the region’s scientists and engineers with their U.S. counterparts. One example addressed the

Letter from the Chair and the President

Cathleen A. CampbellPresident & CEO

John MooreChair, CRDF Board of Directors

CRDF also expanded its higher education program to include a new research and education center in Ukraine that will ad-dress energy efficiency research, a key economic priority area for Ukraine.

Our programs and services in innovation continued to ad-dress urgent issues of global entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. In 2008, we drew upon our strong record of bringing together local scientists and business people to help build strong local science/business partnerships, while estab-lishing links with U.S. companies, associations and technical experts. We also hosted workshops and training seminars for hundreds of scientists in Eurasia to impart valuable lessons on such topics as proposal writing, business plans and intellectual property concerns.

CRDF continues to be a key partner in implementing government and private programs to halt proliferation. Our programs give priority to former weapons researchers and engage them in productive civilian research and development. In Kyrgyzstan, public health scientists—including those who once worked in the bioweapons field—are increasingly

using mapping tools like Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to track infectious diseases such as anthrax and use the resulting data to develop ways to control outbreaks. They are obtaining much-needed help to use this technology through a consortium that CRDF helped to establish with support from the U.S. Department of State. Not only will raising the level of GIS expertise in Kyrgyzstan help address infectious disease outbreaks, it will also help stimulate research, education and business cooperation using these technologies.

Taken individually, these changes are impressive. However, their real strength lies in the powerful momentum created by their collective impact, leading us into a better future. The world we live in tomorrow depends tremendously on the sup-port given to science and scientists today. We are delighted to continue our effort to raise awareness about the importance of engaging scientists internationally to address global challenges.

As you will see, “Across the Threshold” is more than a concept. It accurately describes how we view the impact of international science collaboration on creating an enduring transformation. We hope you will join us on this journey.

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Project Highlight: Iraq Virtual Science Library

Iraqi scientists and engineers faced decades of isolation from the international scientific community. Today, in an often-dangerous environment, they are willing to risk their lives to continue their work. Through a Web-based project—called the Iraq Virtual Science Library (IVSL)—they can access up-to-date scientific data and expand their research horizons as well as their contributions to their nation’s reconstruction.

The IVSL—for which CRDF serves as secretariat and manager—is an online database that provides free, full-text access to more than a million peer-reviewed articles and a large collection of educational materials. It was formed through a partnership among several U.S. government agen-cies, companies and NGOs.

Since inception of the IVSL, more than 7,000 Iraqis have registered to use the database, which serves all public universi-ties in Iraq (80 percent of the Iraqi university population) as well as nine government ministries.

As of May 2009, approximately 30,000 articles are downloaded each month, with more than 1,000,000 articles downloaded since the start of the program in 2006. Access to current research has prompted a three-fold increase in the

Through the IVSL, Iraqi scientists and engineers participated in several CRDF training workshops and conferences to increase knowledge of their fields and learn about new research approaches.

Opening the Gateway to Changenumber of publications made by Iraqi scientists in the world’s leading journals—from approximately 80 publications in 2005 (before the IVSL began) to almost 240 in 2008. The IVSL is playing a significant part in facilitating this rise in publication output.

Several Iraqi researchers—speaking anonymously in order to protect their safety—stress that they cannot imagine conducting research without the IVSL. They had previously undertaken tedious and inefficient publication searches without access to scientific databases. Now, thanks to the IVSL, they are able to increase their knowledge of their fields and learn about new research approaches very easily. Students also use the IVSL to interact with researchers around the world to learn the latest methods and technologies and prepare to contribute their own findings to international journals and conferences.

“I’d like to express my gratitude to everyone working on the ISVL, and my gratitude is extended to all the world scientific organizations and presses to validate it, and we look for more scientific cooperation and exchange between Iraq and the world countries,” says one of the researchers.

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Project Perspective

“Having your heart in the right place is not enough, you need people who have the type of experience, energy and motivation that CRDF talent brings to the table. Without CRDF, this would have been a far less successful effort.”

—William McCluskeyInternational Technology Programs Office

Office of the Secretary of Defense

A “true partnership” is how William McCluskey, the director of the International Technology Programs Office with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, describes the Iraq Virtual Science Library (IVSL). McCluskey, as the Department of Defense lead, helped to develop the IVSL in 2005 with several public and private sector partners. Over the last four years, the tremendous impact of the IVSL has made McCluskey and his partners feel they have made a positive difference in the lives of Iraqi scientists and students who chose to stay in Iraq and help their fellow citizens. According to McCluskey, the IVSL advances science and technology and contributes to the stabilization and democratization of Iraq.

CRDF has played a critical role in facilitating the IVSL, says McCluskey. He emphasized that CRDF’s successful expe-rience in improving the conditions for conducting scientific research and education can be a strong asset to other countries wanting to create positive change in their people.

McCluskey has continued to work with CRDF on re-construction and stabilization efforts in Iraq, including the development of an exchange program for Iraqi engineers. “The IVSL has proven to be the foundation that enables such follow-on efforts,” says McCluskey.

In 2009 CRDF will build on its success managing the IVSL project and the newly launched Research and Education Portal in Iraq (REPI) to develop digital library and informa-tion-technology based projects in other countries. Already plans are underway for a pilot virtual science library program in Afghanistan.

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facility located at the Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transportation and Architecture (KSUCTA) in Bishkek.

The KCGE is managed by Project Director Dr. Akylbek Chymyrov, head of the KSUCTA Department of Geodesy, appointed by the KSUCTA and CRDF. The KCGE project is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department to CRDF.

Initial steering guidance came from U.S. consortium mem-bers, but the Kyrgyz members—led by Dr. Chymyrov—assumed management of the Kyrgyz component of the consortium, as planned. A GIS computer laboratory equipped with modern hardware and GIS software was established at KSUCTA. In-structors from the local research community, the United States and Europe provide GIS training in spatial analysis, spatial epidemiology, ecological modeling and integration of GIS into biological, ecological and disease surveillance studies.

The KCGE has brought together U.S. scientists with their Kyrgyz counterparts, as well as enabled public health research-ers in Kyrgyzstan to improve their understanding of infectious disease and help implement preventative strategies.

Central Asia has a long history of infectious diseases that circulate in domestic and wild animal populations and are transmitted to humans. Over the last decade, new independent countries like Kyrgyzstan have been grappling with infectious disease outbreaks with minimal resources.

Public health scientists in Kyrgyzstan–including those who once worked in the bioweapons field—are increasingly needing to use mapping tools like Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to track infectious diseases such as anthrax and utilizing the resulting data to develop ways to control outbreaks. CRDF has helped to establish a consortium to enable these scientists to have access and training to use this important technology.

Since its inception in 2006, the Kyrgyz Consortium for GIS Excellence (KCGE) has played an important role in helping scientists across Central Asia strengthen their mapping skills to more quickly map and track diseases. Its primary goal is to raise the level of GIS expertise in Kyrgyzstan and to stimulate research, education and business cooperation using these tech-nologies. The KCGE has resulted in the establishment of a GIS

Breaking New Ground in Public Health Safety

Instructors from the local research community, the United States and Europe have provided GIS training to the public health community in Kyrgyzstan.

Project Highlight: Infectious Disease Surveillance in Central Asia

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The KCGE grew out of a long-standing relationship with CRDF and Dr. Jason Blackburn—director of the Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Laboratory at California State University, Fullerton—when he was consulting on the development of new GIS laboratories in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that were funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The KCGE project in Kyrgyzstan benefited from these earlier GIS experiences in Central Asia, and will allow for the three countries to share their GIS data regionally.

According to Dr. Blackburn, the KCGE has flourished under the leadership shown by its head, Dr. Akylbek Chymyrov, head of the KSUCTA Department of Geodesy, and his staff. Dr. Blackburn says they have worked hard to engage scientists from Kyrgyzstan and other nations in the Central Asia and Caucasus regions through membership, training and meet-ings. They have also established strong academic and research cooperation with the European GIS community.

Project Perspective

“With the KCGE, we now have a centralized place in Kyrgyzstan to provide standardized GIS training to the public health community.”

—Dr. Jason BlackburnDirector/Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Laboratory

California State University, Fullerton

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Exchanging Knowledge, Saving LivesThe screening of newborns for a variety of genetic and metabolic disorders is required by every state in the United States. In the Middle East and North Africa—a region in which inherited disorders occur at a higher frequency—testing has become one of the top health priorities. Several countries are now working together to develop and expand national newborn screening programs through the Middle East and North Africa Newborn Screening (NBS) Initiative, which brings health professionals, policymakers and researchers together through conferences and other activities to discuss common issues and establish shared research activities. In 2008, CRDF helped to advance these collaborations by holding a proposal development workshop and grant competition to allow new research collaborators to work together.

Both the workshop and competition were organized as part of the Second Conference of the MENA NBS Initiative held April 12-14, 2008 in Cairo, Egypt. The primary organizers for this conference were the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other agencies at

the NIH. NICHD has led the MENA initiative and provided support to CRDF for both activities.

The conference provided participants with the opportunity to discuss recent advances in research and technology that have led to the development of more effective detection and treatment of genetic disorders. Researchers from the Middle East and North Africa region and Asia shared ideas and mechanisms for developing a national newborn screening system, related challenges and other management issues. From this conference and the integrated workshops, new networks began to develop and opportunities for collaborative projects began to evolve.

CRDF—in connection with the NIH—helped to further these partnerships and expand these regional collaborative projects through the proposal development workshop and grant competition. The workshop focused on establishing a framework for potential newborn screening networks and forming international teams to identify and address research priorities. The grant competition then provided seed money to support the development of comprehensive research proposals that qualify for submission to local, regional or international

Project Highlight: Newborn Screening Initiative in the Middle East

In 2008, CRDF—in connection with the NIH—furthered research collaboration on newborn screening in the Middle East and North Africa region by holding a proposal development workshop and grant competition as part of a conference held in Cairo, Egypt.

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funders that support newborn screening research initiatives or activities in the region. CRDF awarded one grant to a team from Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt. This funding will enable the researchers to travel to a central location to collaborate on the development of their research projects and draft a full proposal that will be submitted to sources of funding other than CRDF.

CRDF’s grant competition resulting from the Cairo proposal development workshop is an important first step for future collaborations, says Dr. Danuta Krotoski, Ph.D., the senior advisor to the director of the Center for Developmental Biology and Perinatal Medicine and special assistant to the deputy director of the NICHD at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Krotoski has worked closely with CRDF in activities that promote collaborative research for the Middle East and North Africa Newborn Screening Initiative.

Project PerspectiveDr. Danuta Krotoski, Ph.D., is the senior advisor to the director of the Center for Developmental Biology and Perinatal Medicine and special assistant to the deputy director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Krotoski says that bringing countries together to exchange knowledge on the genetic screening of newborns is saving children’s lives in the Middle East and North Africa region. “One of the most important things we can do is involve researchers in the region,” she adds. “The workshop and follow-on grant competition with CRDF are wonderful because they’re bringing the region’s countries together. I personally feel there are a lot of opportunities in the future to identify priority areas and work together in a collaborative fashion.”

“We’ve had a very good collaboration with CRDF in this newborn screening initiative. CRDF has had a very important role in stimulating research activities. You have the flexibility that is different from the NICHD’s—and I think we need to build on that.”

—Dr. Danuta Krotoski, Ph.D.Center for Developmental Biology and Perinatal Medicine

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH

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As the founder of Purdue University’s Global Engineering Program (GEP), Dr. Hirleman has designed international opportunities specifically for engineering students and profes-sionals, and has established programs to help integrate global concepts into their work. Through GEP, he established the Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education (GEARE), which combines international study with opportu-nities for internships and collaborative research.

Dr. Hirleman is also working to develop GlobalHUB, an NSF-funded Engineering Virtual Organization that enables students, faculty and researchers to use a wide array of open-source software to collaborate on international team design projects, facilitate exchange programs and advance engineering education research.

In his acceptance speech at CRDF’s award event in October 2008, Dr. Hirleman celebrated the uniting power of scientific and educational cooperation: “Purdue, CRDF and I have the same vision, and that’s peace and prosperity. We’re convinced that when our students build these global networks of peers and friends—with China, India, Africa—that is the best we can do to ensuring peace for future generations.”

2008 Events: George Brown Award

A Commitment to Global EducationIn 2008 CRDF presented Dr. Edwin Daniel Hirleman, professor and head of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, with the CRDF George Brown Award for International Scientific Collaboration in recognition of his outstanding commitment to international education and cooperative research. Throughout his career, Dr. Hirleman has been active in encouraging cultural and scientific exchanges with engineers and researchers around the globe.

The George Brown Award is CRDF’s highest honor, rec-ognizing outstanding individuals for their efforts to promote international science collaboration in the spirit of the late U.S. Congressman George Brown.

According to Dr. Hirleman, solving today’s grand chal-lenges—from clean water to energy to healthcare—requires collaborations between engineers and scientists from all over the world.

“For today’s engineers, every job is a global engineering job,” says Dr. Hirleman. “When we get students together face to face and struggling together, that’s when we create global engineers. My goal is to deliver that opportunity to as many students as we can.”

Dr. Edwin Daniel Hirleman, the recipient of CRDF’s 2008 George Brown Award for International Scientific Collaboration, celebrates the uniting power of scientific and educational cooperation through many active international projects. (Pictured above and opposite page, bottom)

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“Purdue, CRDF and I have the same vision, and that’s peace and prosperity.”

—Dr. Edwin Daniel HirlemanWilliam E. and Florence E. Perry

Head and Professor of Mechanical EngineeringPurdue University

CRDF President and CEO Cathy Campbell and CRDF Board Chair Dr. John Moore honored Dr. Edwin Daniel Hirleman, the 2008 recipient of the George Brown Award, for his dedication to global education. (Top left)

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The United States needs to do more to engage U.S. scientists and engineers in international science collaboration—that was the message of Dr. William Wulf, a member of CRDF’s Board of Directors, as he testified on behalf of CRDF at a July 15, 2008 hearing before the House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. Dr. Wulf’s testimony focused on the role of nongovernmental organizations and universities in international science and technology cooperation.

The hearing, entitled “The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations and Universities in International Science and Technology Cooperation,” highlighted the importance of ex-panding international collaborative activities for U.S. scientists and engineers to help find global solutions to global challenges.

In his testimony, Dr. Wulf explained why the United States must do more to engage our scientists and engineers in international collaboration. He also shared the experience that CRDF has accumulated over 13 years as an effective and efficient implementer of global science and technology collaborations and a solid partner with the U.S. government, private sector and foreign governments and institutions.

CRDF Board Director Dr. William Wulf, second from far-right, testified on behalf of CRDF at a July 2008 Congressional hearing on the role of U.S. non-governmental organizations and universities in fostering international science and technology cooperation. (Photograph by the House Committee on Science and Technology)

2008 Events: Promoting the Value of International Science Cooperation on Capitol Hill

“We are delighted that CRDF was invited to testify before the House Science Committee,” noted Dr. Wulf. “It was this Committee, under the leadership of its former Chairman the late Congressman George Brown, which spawned the creation of CRDF in 1992. Chairman Brown felt strongly about interna-tional science cooperation and the value that NGOs could contribute to implementing global collaborations to address a myriad of challenges.”

Dr. Wulf also called for the U.S. government to launch a strategic, new global initiative to catalyze, broker, amplify and scale up science and technology cooperation for the benefit of the United States and its partners around the world. Patterned after other public-private partnerships, this new global science initiative would engage scientists internationally to encourage critical scientific and technical advances that address global challenges including infectious disease, food security, energy alternatives and vanishing ecosystems; to reach young scientists and support a robust research and educational infrastructure; and to build mutually beneficial economic partnerships.

“It would facilitate greatly expanded international science and technology cooperation as well as enhance institutional

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capacity in the developing world,” said Dr. Wulf. “Nations with a strong, stable science and technology base are better participants in the global economy, develop indigenous solutions to national problems and contribute to ongoing international collaborative efforts.”

In addition to Dr. Wulf, other witnesses were invited to present testimony, including:

• Dr. Alan Leshner, the chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of

Science (AAAS) and the executive publisher of the journal Science

• Dr. Michael Clegg, the foreign secretary of the National Academy of Sciences and the Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University

of California, Irvine• Dr. James Calvin, the interim vice president for

research and a professor of statistics at Texas A&M University

“Scientists and engineers share a set of values that transcend culture. Those shared values facilitate developing the trust that is essential to achieving foreign policy and national security objectives.”

—Dr. William WulfPresident Emeritus

National Academy of Engineering

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The panelists discussed preferred models of successful and sustainable university research. They also highlighted important social, cultural, and economic factors that influence university research structures from one country to another. Specific attention was also paid to the U.S. university research model, widely viewed as being successful, and the lessons that can be gleaned from, and added to, that model.

Later that evening, CRDF welcomed nearly 300 attendees to an International Science for Diplomacy Reception, at which CRDF President and CEO Cathy Campbell and Board member Dr. David Kay impressed upon attendees the real impact of CRDF’s work creating solutions to global challenges such as disease, climate change and economic growth.

2008 Events: CRDF Convenes Panel on International Higher Education Reforms

CRDF showcased its work at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, February 13-18.

At CRDF’s symposium, entitled “Changing Models of Research in Higher Education: International Perspectives,” CRDF Senior Program Manager and Senior Technical Adviser Dr. Marilyn Pifer led an international panel that presented three stages of higher education reforms aimed at improving economic growth. The panelists included Professor Brendan Goldsmith, the president emeritus of the Dublin Institute of Technology; Rector Mikhail Strikhanov of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute; and Dr. Wajih Owais, the president of the Jordan University of Science and Technology.

CRDF Senior Program Manager and Senior Technical Advisor Dr. Marilyn Pifer led an international panel on research in higher education at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Report from the 2008 AAAS Annual Meeting

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At her plenary address, Dr. Nina Fedoroff, the science and technology adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State, told the AAAS audience that science and technology has an important role to play in strengthening links with poorer countries, particularly at a time when the United States faces “a rising tide of resentment” around the world. She cited the January 2008 signing of a new science and technology agreement with Libya as evidence of growing acceptance of the role science can play in U.S. diplomacy.

Members of the U.S.−DPRK Scientific Engagement Consortium, for which CRDF serves as the secretariat, met at the AAAS Annual Meeting to discuss future consortium activities.

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CRDF Services: GAP in 2008

CRDF’s GAP program simplifies the management of international projects by offering crucial project support, streamlining bureaucratic processes and overcoming barriers to research collaboration.

CRDF’s GAP services draw upon expertise refined in nearly 15 years of global operations to aid other organizations in suc-cessfully moving forward their objectives. GAP offers a host of services that cater specifically to diverse clients and provides the project support services that organizations need to manage international research collaborations.

New clients in 2008 included:

Washington University, St. LouisChevron CorporationPioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Yellowstone Park FoundationBHP Billiton Ltd.ExxonMobil Upstream Research CompanyQatar National Research Fund (QNRF)The U.S. Russia Center for Entrepreneurship

In addition to services in Eurasian countries, GAP has broadened its geographic scope to provide services for activi-ties in the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Asia and beyond. In 2008 GAP provided its services in such countries as Iraq, Libya, Brazil, Estonia, Pakistan and Indonesia.

GAP has consistently provided tailor-made solutions that allow clients to succeed in even the most complex projects. Services include coordinating international collaboration, ensuring financial accountability, support and facilitating project management. In 2008 GAP expanded its travel and event support services and its ability to receive and make payments in Euros.

Providing Crucial Project Support

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Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society and the U.S. Department of State to explore opportunities for international cooperation.

The QNRF leaders also met with CRDF’s executive team to discuss mutual challenges and approaches to managing a science-based foundation. QNRF program staff seminars focused on grant programs design and implementation including operating peer-reviewed competitions using modern database and Web-interface technologies, methods of selecting and qualifying peer reviewers, the administration of science panels, applicant and awardee relations and variations in review processes.

QNRF financial and grant administration staff participated in a seminar covering internal controls and best practices, audit and compliance; due diligence, preparing and negotiating grant agreements, intellectual property, bioethics, financial manage-ment, procurement, data management and record keeping.

CRDF Services: Building a Knowledge-based Economy in Qatar

CRDF has been contracted by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) to provide the benefit of its nearly 15 years of experience as a science funding agency across a number of tasks including information and award management, professional development and public relations. QNRF was established by the Qatar Foundation in 2006 as part of its ongoing commitment to establish Qatar as a knowledge-based economy. Through its National Priorities Research Program and the Undergraduate Research Experience Program, QNRF aims to fund original, competitively selected research in natural science, industry and engineering, health and medical sciences, agricultural science, and social science and the humanities.

During the summer and fall of 2008, CRDF conducted a series of seminars for the QNRF executive, program, financial and administrative staff. CRDF provided opportunities for QNRF executives to meet with members of the U.S. science policy and funding community such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the

CRDF and the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) signed a contract in 2008 in which CRDF is providing technical services to help QNRF in its work as a science-based foundation.

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Financial Statement

Letter from the CFOCRDF’s budget and fiscal policies are carefully designed to advance our mission and to promote sound stewardship of our financial resources. Those policies ensure that we comply with all Federal and State requirements as we promote international scientific and technical collaboration through grants, technical resources and training.

Over the past fiscal year CRDF maintained our past prac-tices of excellence in financial terms as well as in the positive impact of its mission and program activities. We appreciate the many funders from whom we receive grants and financial support, including the U.S. government, private foundations and corporations.

Despite 2008’s unusual economic patterns, we maintained a balanced funding portfolio through a prudent, responsible fiscal policy. As we begin the new fiscal year, we remain com-mitted to a diversified investment portfolio and a balance between existing and new funding sources.

The financial information presented here is drawn from CRDF’s 2008 audited financial statements, prepared by McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and presented to the CRDF Board of Directors in June 2009.

Sincerely,

Stephen S. Wolk, CPAChief Financial Officer

Stephen S. Wolk, CPAChief Financial Officer

Financial Statement

Revenues:Grants and ContractsInterest and Investment IncomeGAP programNet Assets Released Total Revenues

Expenses:Program Expenses:Centers, Institution Building

Cooperative Research GrantsNonproliferationMiddle East & North Africa

GAP programTotal Program ExpensesManagement ExpenesTotal Expenses

Change In Net Assets

Net Assets At Beginning of Year

Net Assets At End of Year

Unrestricted

10,601,426$ 356,197

1,688,42510,869,24323,515,291

5,355,1874,242,3217,301,1391,051,128

17,949,7751,414,948

19,364,7235,093,776

24,458,499

(943,208)

12,065,829

11,122,621$

TemporarilyRestricted

1,777,795$ 178,929

(10,869,243)(8,912,519)

(8,912,519)

27,501,468

18,588,949$

Total

12,379,221$ 535,1261,688,425

-14,602,772

5,355,1874,242,3217,301,1391,051,128

17,949,7751,414,948

19,364,7235,093,776

24,458,499

(9,855,727)

39,567,297

29,711,570$

& Innovation

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*The information presented here is drawn from the 2008 consolidated financial statements of CRDF and Subsidiary, which were audited by McGladrey & Pullen, LLP in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and presented to the CRDF Board of Directors at its June 2009 meeting.

Consolidated statement of activities for the year ended December 31, 2008

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Russia

Kazakhstan KyrgyzstanUzbekistan

Qatar

Turkmenistan

Tajikistan

Pakistan

India

AzerbaijanGeorgia

Armenia

Saudi Arabia

U.A.E.

Thailand

Indonesia

Philippines

IraqLibya

Jordan

Estonia

Lithuania

Latvia

MoldovaPoland

Ukraine

SloveniaHungary

BulgariaMacedonia

Albania

USA

Egypt

Where we make a difference

Where We WorkCRDF is committed to working in countries where international science and technology cooperation can have a critical impact. Our international offices and partners throughout Eurasia, Middle East, North Africa and South Asia facilitate our programs and services in more than 30 countries.

AfghanistanKazakhstanKyrgyzstanPakistanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistan

AlbaniaArmeniaAzerbaijan BulgariaEstoniaGeorgiaHungaryLatvia

Middle East & North Africa

South East Asia

EgyptIraqJordanLibyaQatarSaudi Arabia

IndonesiaPhilippinesThailand

Eurasia/Eastern Europe

LithuaniaMacedoniaMoldovaPolandRussiaSloveniaUkraine

South & Central Asia

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Board of Directors(as of Dec 31, 2008)

Dr. Marjorie SenechalLouise Wolff Kahn Professor Emeritus in MathematicsHistory of Science

and Technology Smith College

Dr. Albert R.C. WestwoodVice President EmeritusSandia National Laboratories

Dr. William WulfPresident EmeritusNational Academy

of Engineering

Dr. John H. Moore ChairPresident EmeritusGrove City College

Ms. Rose Gottemoeller Vice Chair DirectorCarnegie Moscow Center

Mr. Fred L. Johnson TreasurerChairmanSanta Fe Technologies, Inc.

Ms. Dona L. Crawford SecretaryAssociate Director Computation Lawrence Livermore

National Laboratory

Dr. Jaleh DaieManaging PartnerAurora Equity

Dr. Gloria DuffyPresident and CEOThe Commonwealth

Club of California

Dr. Irma GigliDirectorCenter for Immunology & Autoimmune DiseasesUniversity of Texas Health Science Center

at Houston

Dr. David KaySenior FellowPotomac Institute for

Policy Studies

Dr. Rodney NicholsPresident Emeritus New York Academy

of Sciences

Dr. Victor RabinowitchSenior Vice President (Retired)The John D. and Catherine

T. MacArthur Foundation

Dr. Kenneth W. RindSenior Advisor Investment Banking Caris & Company

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Advisory Council(as of Dec 31, 2008)

Ambassador Thomas A. Pickering ChairVice Chairman, Hills & Co.

Dr. Zhores L. AlferovNobel Prize in Physics (2000)Science DirectorA.F. Ioffe Physico–Technical Institute

Ambassador James F. CollinsDirector and Senior AssociateDiplomat in ResidenceCarnegie Endowment for International Peace

Dr. Sidney D. DrellSenior FellowHoover InstituteStanford University

Dr. Farouk El-BazResearch Professor and DirectorCenter for Remote SensingBoston University

Dr. Loren R. GrahamProfessor of History and ScienceMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Siegfried S. HeckerCo-DirectorCenter for International Security & CooperationStanford University

Dr. John HoldrenTeresa and John Heinz Professorof Environmental PolicyHarvard University

Dr. Leon LedermanNobel Prize in Physics (1998) Former DirectorFermi National Accelerator

LaboratoryIllinois Institute of Technology

Mr. Charles T. OwensPresident EmeritusCRDF

Dr. Frank PressPrincipalThe Washington Advisory GroupFormer PresidentU.S. National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Peter H. RavenDirectorMissouri Botanical GardenFormer PresidentAmerican Association for the

Advancement of Science

Ms. Kim K. SavitInternational Business ManagerScience Applications International

CorporationAdjunct ProfessorGSIS University of Denver

Dr. Robert M. WhitePrincipal The Washington Advisory GroupFormer PresidentNational Academy of Engineering

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Executive Staff

Ms. Cathleen A. CampbellPresident & CEO

Dr. Eric NovotnySenior Vice President

Mr. Shawn WheelerVice President for Global Operations and Program Support Services

Mr. Stephen S. WolkChief Financial Officer

Locations

CRDF OfficesHeadquarters1530 Wilson Boulevard, 3rd FloorArlington, Virginia 22209Tel.: 703-526-9720 Fax: 703-526-9721 info@crdf.org | www.crdf.org

Russia/EurasiaUlitsa Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10 Room 204Moscow 117997, RussiaTel.: 7-495-777-6560Fax: 7-495-777-6559www.crdf.ru

Ukraine/Eastern Europe4 Bogomoltsa Street Room 13301024 Kyiv, UkraineTel.: 380-44-253-7223 Fax: 380-44-253-4577www.crdf.org.ua

Central Asia151/115 Corner Radostovets Str.Abay Ave.Almaty District, AlmatyRepublic of KazakhstanTel./Fax.: 7-7172-50-24-05

Baku, Azerbaijan(Opening 2009)

Amman, Jordan(Opening 2009)

CRDF SubsidiaryLLCCRDF TechInnovationulitsa Kirovogradskaya, d. 9korp. 1, office 245Moscow, RussiaTel.: 7 (495) 741-05-37 info@crdf-techin.ruwww.crdf-techin.ru

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Funders and Partners

2008 CRDF FundersCRDF wishes to thank the following U.S. government

agencies, private foundations and corporations for their

grants and financial contributions to CRDF in 2008.

U.S. State Department

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. National Institutes of Health

U.S. National Science Foundation

U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Defense Science and Technology Laboratory

King Abdullah University for Science and Technology

Qatar National Research Fund

Richard Lounsbery Foundation

Ploughshares Fund

Bechtel National, Inc.

SRI International

U.S.-Russia Center for Entrepreneurship

CRDF Partners CRDF wishes to thank the following organizations that

partnered with CRDF to carry out a program activity or

event in 2008.

Foreign Government Partners:Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

Academy of Sciences of Moldova

Arab Science and Technology Foundation, UAE

Azerbaijan National Science Foundation

Estonian Science Foundation

Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative

Enterprises (FASIE), Russia

Georgian National Science Foundation

Georgian Research and Development Foundation

Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation

Ministry of Education and Science, Armenia

Ministry of Education, Azerbaijan

Ministry of Education and Science, Georgia

Ministry of Education and Science, Moldova

Ministry of Education and Science, Russia

Ministry of Education and Science, Ukraine

Moldovan Research and Development Association

National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

National Foundation of Science and Advanced

Technologies, Armenia

National Mining University, Ukraine

Organisation for Economic

Co-operation and Development

Royal Scientific Society, Jordan

Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Yerevan State University

U.S. Non-Governmental OrganizationsArmenian Engineers and Scientists of America

American Association for the

Advancement of Science

Syracuse University

The Korea Society

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Congressional PartnersCRDF wishes to thank the following Congressional

partners for serving as co-sponsors and/or honorary

chairs of CRDF events in 2008:

The Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., United States Senate

The Hon. Richard G. Luger, United States Senate

The Hon. John F. Kerry, United States Senate

The Hon. Dianne G. B. Feinstein, United States Senate

The Hon. Richard J. Durbin, United States Senate

The Hon. Evan Bayh, United States Senate

The Hon. Hillary R. Clinton, United States Senate

The Hon. Barack H. Obama, United States Senate

The Hon. Robert P. Casey, Jr., United States Senate

The Hon. Charles J. “Jerry” Lewis,

House of Representatives

The Hon. Ralph M. Hall, House of Representatives

The Hon. Frank R. Wolf, House of Representatives

The Hon. Thomas P. Lantos, House of Representatives

The Hon. Gary L. Ackerman, House of Representatives

The Hon. Howard L. Berman, House of Representatives

The Hon. Bart Gordon, House of Representatives

The Hon. Nita Lowey, House of Representatives

The Hon. Wayne T. Gilchrest, House of Representatives

The Hon. David L. Hobson, House of Representatives

The Hon. James P. Moran, House of Representatives

The Hon. Anna G. Eshoo, House of Representatives

The Hon. Sam Farr, House of Representatives

The Hon. Roscoe G. Bartlett, House of Representatives

The Hon. Donald A. Manzullo, House of Representatives

The Hon. Vernon Ehlers, House of Representatives

The Hon. Zoe Lofgren, House of Representatives

The Hon. Danny K. Davis, House of Representatives

The Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich, House of Representatives

The Hon. Rush D. Holt, Jr., House of Representatives

The Hon. Judith B. Biggert, House of Representatives

The Hon. Brian N. Baird, House of Representatives

The Hon. Janice D. Schakowsky, House of Representatives

The Hon. Adam Schiff, House of Representatives

The Hon. Tim Ryan, House of Representatives

The Hon. Russ Carnahan, House of Representatives

The Hon. Brian Bilbray, House of Representatives

Embassy PartnersEmbassy of the Republic of Armenia

Embassy of Azerbaijan

Embassy of Georgia

Embassy of the Republic of Iraq

Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Embassy of the State of Kuwait

Embassy of Kyrgyz Republic

Embassy of Latvia

Libyan Liaison Office

Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania

Embassy of the Republic of Moldova

Embassy of Pakistan

Embassy of Poland

Embassy of the State of Qatar

Embassy of the Russian Federation

The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia

Embassy of Tajikistan

Embassy of Ukraine

Embassy of the United Arab Emirates

Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan

CRDF would also like to gratefully acknowledge each of the

U.S. Embassies in the countries in which we work for their

continued support. CRDF would also like to thank the many

individual scientists and engineers who volunteer their time

and expertise for our merit-based review programs to ensure

the quality of the work that CRDF supports.