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The major EMBO Programmes and activities are funded by the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC). The EMBC, founded in 1969, is an inter-governmental organization that comprises 32 Member States. EMBO and EMBC also cooperate with countries and organizations beyond Europe to foster interactions with scientific communities elsewhere.
EMBC Member States
| Austria | Hungary | Norway |
| Belgium | Iceland | Poland |
| Bulgaria | Ireland | Portugal |
| Croatia | Israel | Slovak Republic |
| Czechia | Italy | Slovenia |
| Denmark | Latvia | Spain |
| Estonia | Lithuania | Sweden |
| Finland | Luxembourg | Switzerland |
| France | Malta | Türkiye |
| Germany | Montenegro | United Kingdom |
| Greece | Netherlands |
EMBO / EMBC global partners
| India | Associate Member State agreement (executing agency: DBT) |
| Singapore | Associate Member State agreement (executing agency: A*STAR) |
| Taiwan | Associate Membership agreement (executing agencies: NSTC / Academia Sinica) |
| Chile | Cooperation agreement (executing agency: ANID) |
| Japan | Memorandum of cooperation between EMBO and JST |
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