The National Fund for Scientific Research ( NFSR ) (Dutch: Nationaal Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek ( NFWO ), French: Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique ( FNRS )) was once a government institution in Belgium for supporting scientific research until it was split into two separate organizations:
6-457: NFSR may refer to: National Fund for Scientific Research , a former government institution in Belgium Need for Speed: Rivals , a 2013 racing video game Nonlinear feedback shift register , common component in modern stream ciphers Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
12-470: The FWO and F.R.S.–FNRS is to stimulate the development of new knowledge in all scientific disciplines. The means to achieve this, is to finance excellent scientists and research projects after an inter-University competition and with an evaluation by foreign experts. The criterion for support is the scientific quality of the scientist and the research proposal, irrespective of scientific discipline. Both institutions,
18-519: The FWO and the F.R.S.–FNRS, are located in the same building at Egmontstraat 5 rue d'Egmont in B-1000 Brussels. The National Fund for Scientific Research (NFSR) was founded on 2 June 1928 after a call by king Albert I of Belgium for more resources for scientific research. On 1 October 1927, in a speech at Cockerill in Seraing , King Albert I strongly emphasized the importance of scientific research to
24-664: The economic development of Belgium. He repeated his appeal for more resources, on 26 November 1927, in a speech to the Academy . This led to the creation within the University Foundation of the National Fund for Scientific Research on 2 June 1928. The new institute was led by Emile Francqui . Financial support initially came from the public, and from the Solvay family that gave 100 million Belgian francs . Financial contributions from
30-434: The state were not needed until 1947. Today, part of the funding still comes from non-governmental sources, such as from the charitable television station Télévie . The NFSR was the first Belgian organization to finance fundamental scientific research. Among the earliest projects funded were the stratosphere flights of professor Auguste Piccard . The FNRS-1 was a balloon that set a world altitude record. The NFSR also funded
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