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AUSTRALIA

Although no formal program of bilateral cooperation between the U.S. and Australia exists in biomedical research, Australia is consistently among the largest recipients of NIH awards. The greatest amount of NIH-Australia activity is in the form of research grants and contracts to Australian scientists, individually or in collaboration with U.S.-based scientists. Cooperation occurs in a wide range of areas including infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, child health, aging, dental research, drug abuse research, and cancer.

NEW ZEALAND

The U.S.-New Zealand Science and Technology (S&T) Agreement

The U.S.-New Zealand Science and Technology (S&T) Agreement provides a yearly forum for discussion of issues of mutual interest. The NIH counterpart under the U.S.-New Zealand S&T Agreement is the New Zealand Health Research Council. The primary mode for biomedical and behavioral science cooperation between the U.S. and New Zealand is scientist-to-scientist. NIH supports a number of grants and contracts to teams of U.S. and New Zealand scientists to conduct collaborative research.