The TransCoop Program offers opportunities to researchers from universities and non-university research institutions in all three countries .
Priority is given to new research initiatives central to the disciplines cited above .
However, joint projects may also address topics from the natural sciences, including engineering and life sciences, which are closely related to the humanities or social sciences. The TransCoop Program was established in 1990 by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation which continues to act as sponsoring institution. The German-American Academic Council Foundation took over the management of the program in 1994. D-53173 Bonn, Germany.