American University of Beirut

Funding Agencies

​​List of the Funding Agencies which have supported research at AUB for the past five years:

Foundations


  • Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education
  • Arab Thought Foundation (ATF)
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  • Arab Thought Foundation
  • Asfari Foundation
  • Alexander von Humboldt - Stiftung
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Capita Foundation
  • Centre for International Information & Documentation in Barcelona (CIDOB)
  • Coca-Cola Foundation
  • Conquer Cancer Foundation (CCF)
  • Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation
  • Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI)
  • Diane Foundation
  • Dr. Scholl Foundation
  • Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research
  • Engineering Information Foundation (EIF)
  • Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
  • Ford Foundation
  • Foundation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH)
  • Foundation to Promote Open Society (FPOS)
  • IEEE Foundation
  • Laona Foundation
  • LORE Foundation
  • MacArthur Foundation
  • Mastercard Foundation
  • March of Dimes (MOD)
  • Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
  • Mondriaan Fonds
  • National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
  • Near East Foundation (NEF)
  • Nestlé Foundation
  • Open Society Foundations
  • Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development
  • Queen Rania Foundation (Edraak)
  • Rafik Hariri Foundation
  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation
  • Stony Brook Foundation
  • The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Institutions


  • A*Midex
  • Al Balqa'a Applied University
  • American University of Cairo
  • American University of Armenia Corporation (AUAC)
  • AMICAL Consortium
  • Ariadne Labs
  • APS Action
  • Birzeit University
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
  • Brown University
  • Boston Children's Hospital
  • Cardiff Metropolitan University
  • Columbia University
  • Columbia University Middle East Research Center (CUMERC)
  • Doha International Family Institute (DIFI)
  • FIKRA Consulting and Research
  • Freiburg University Medical Center
  • Florida International University (FIU)
  • Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
  • Hamad Medical Corporation
  • Harvard School of  Public Health
  • Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)
  • Institute National de la Sant é et de la Recherche Mediterranian
  • Institute of International Education
  • Instituto Affari Internazionali
  • International AIDS Society (IAS)
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
  • King Abdulah International Medical Research Center
  • King's College London
  • Kuwait University
  • London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • McMaster University
  • Montreal Heart Institute
  • Northwestern University
  • Princeton University
  • Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Qatar University
  • Queen Margaret University (QMU)
  • Regents of the University of California-San Francisco
  • Regents of the University of California- Santa Barbara
  • Swedish Research Council
  • Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
  • The Institute of Cancer Research
  • The Institute of Research for Development
  • The Hospital for Sick Children
  • The Netherlands Institute of International Relations
  • University of Melbourne
  • Universita Degli Studi di Pavia
  • Universita Degli Studi Roma Tre
  • Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona
  • Universitat Inssbruck
  • University Court of the University of Glasgow
  • University of Balamand
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Hohenheim
  • University of Newcastle
  • University of Ottawa
  • University of Plymouth
  • University of Queensland
  • University of Reading
  • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
  • University of Western Ontario
  • Umea University
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Wofford College
  • Yale University
  • Zayed University

Non Governmental Organizations, Societies and Networks, International Organizations, and Associations


  • American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • Cochrane
  • Education Above All Foundation - Reach Out to Asia (ROTA)
  • Economic Research Forum (ERF)
  • Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA)
  • International Development and Research Center (IDRC)
  • ​​​International Language Testing Association (ILTA)
  • International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
  • International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR)
  • IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med)
  • Iodine Global Network (IGN)
  • Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS)
  • Lebanese Red Cross Society
  • Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI)
  • Mercy Corps
  • Oxfam GB
  • Reach Out To Asia (ROTA)
  • Save the Children International (SCI)
  • Welfare Association
  • World Vision International

United Nations Agencies


  • Economic and Social Council for Western Asia (ESCWA)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • ​United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
  • United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
  • UN Relief and Woks Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
  • UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)

Companies


  • Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Computers & Communication Technology SAL (CCT)
  • Ericsson Lebanon Communications (ELC)
  • ETN Food Engineering
  • EWABO
  • Eli Lilly (Suisse) S.A.
  • Future Pipe Industries LLC
  • Ford International Business Development Inc.
  • Ford Motor Company
  • General Electric Company
  • Highland s.a.l.
  • INTEL Corporation
  • International Resources Group (IRG)
  • Majid Al Futtaim Properties LLC
  • Management Systems International (MSI)
  • Mercordi Group
  • Murex Services S.A.L.
  • Mobile Interim Company No.2 S.A.L. (MIC2)
  • Millennium Development International
  • Nestle Middle East FZE
  • SOMFY
  • Societe des Eaux Minerales Libanaises s.a.l (SEML)
  • South for Construction
  • Shire Development LLC
  • TELUS Communications Inc.
  • Tech Hub s.a.l.
  • W Science Limited
  • Waterfront City
  • J. Rettenmaier & Sohne
  • Johnson & Johnson Middle East FZ-LLC

Private - Clinical Funding


  • Advanced Research Engineering & Consulting Services GmbH (ARECS)
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Abbvie Biopharmaceuticals GmbH
  • Accelsiors
  • AGTHIA
  • Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd
  • Astra Zeneca
  • Bayer ME FZE
  • Beirut Container Terminal Consortium (BCTC)
  • Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)
  • Brostol Myers Squibb International Corporation (BMSIC)
  • Biogen Idec Research Ltd.
  • Celgene
  • Cubist Pharmaceuticals
  • ClinServ Int. Group&inVentiv Health Clinical UK Ltd.
  • Clintec
  • Daiichi Sankyo Inc.
  • Ergomed Clinical Research FZ-LLC
  • Eli Lilly Suisse S.A.
  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals
  • FerroKin BioSciences Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • GE Healthcare
  • Gilead Sciences Europe Ltd.
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT)
  • Hemaquest
  • Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
  • ICON Clinical Reseach Ltd
  • INC Research UK
  • MAPI Life Sciences
  • MERCK
  • MENACTRIMS
  • Merck Sharp & Dohme Idea Inc (MSD)
  • NOVARTIS
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Parexel
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • Pharm-Olam Int. Ltd
  • Phoenix
  • Quintiles
  • Roche Lebanon SARL
  • Sanofi-Aventis
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals FZCO
  • Julphar

Governmental Funding


  • Australian Embassy Beirut
  • Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
  • Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Establishment (EBML)
  • CEDRE
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
  • European Commission (EC)
  • Embassy of Switzerland
  • Federal Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • iHUB LIMITED
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
  • International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • Industrial Research Institute (IRI)
  • Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research
  • Medical Research Council (MRC)
  • Ministry of Agriculture-Lebanon
  • Ministry of Public Health-Lebanon
  • Municipality of Alghero
  • National Institute of Health (NIH)
  • National Endownment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
  • Netherlands Enterprise Agency
  • Office of Naval Research (ONR)
  • Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
  • Supreme Council of Health, State of Qatar
  • U.S. Department of State 
  • U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
  • United States Department of the Interior (DOI)
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • World Food Programme (WFP)​

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