If I understand correctly, it might be possible for you to take some time to negotiate with research centres such as this one in order to obtain funding from them and pursue your work within a collaborative partnership. There must also be in your area centres that could support you financially, and for which you could carry out research or whose research work you could complete. While you did that, the people in those centres could perhaps concentrate their efforts on something else.
On April 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.