Each year, ESF supports approximately 50 Exploratory Workshops across all scientific domains.

These small, interactive group sessions are aimed at opening up new directions in research to explore new fields with a potential impact on developments in science. The workshops, which usually last 1-3 days, have a wide participation from across Europe and involve mature scientists as well as young, independent researchers and scholars with leadership potential. The relatively small scale (in terms of people involved) provides an ideal platform for focus on the topic and for all participants to contribute to discussions and plan follow-up collaborative work.  Interdisciplinary topics are greatly encouraged.

Call for Proposals

2008 Call for Proposals - closed - the text of the Call remains available for information purposes
* For workshops to be held in 2009
* Deadline on 29 April 2008 (16:00 CET).

Outcome of the 2007 Call for Proposals
* For workshops to be held in 2008
* Out of 172 eligible proposals in all scientific fields, 54 were selected for funding and should be held in 2008 (This represents an average success rate of 31,4%).
* Provisional List of ESF Exploratory workshops to be funded in 2008 (PDF 40 KB)
* List of referees used to peer review the workshop proposals under the 2007 Call (PDF 262 KB) 

Guidelines

* Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the preparation of proposals
* Guidelines for organisers of awarded ESF Exploratory Workshops (PDF 88 KB)

Information on Awarded Exploratory Workshops

Preliminary information on workshops in  2008:

Scientific Reports on workshops held in:

For scientific reports from former years please consult the annual list in each domain (EMRC, LESC, PESC, SCH, SCSS).

ESF Contact

Mrs.ValérieAllspach-KiechelE-Mail

Senior Administrator - Central calls