. . . is a nonprofit charitable foundation authorized by the U.S. Congress, and established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1995. It is a unique public-private partnership that promotes scientific and technological collaboration between the United States and the countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU). The CRDF assists defense-oriented researchers in the FSU to transfer their skills and experience to civilian science. The CRDF's targeted industrial programs help to move applied research to the marketplace and bring economic benefits both to the FSU and to the United States.

http://www.crdf.org