More than two billion Euros per year to strengthen European research

The European Science Foundation (ESF) welcomes the suggestion of creating a new funding mechanism for supporting European research in the form of a European Research Council. The suggestion comes in the final report published today from the European Research Council Expert Group (ERCEG), chaired...

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Colin Renfrew awarded European Latsis Prize 2003

The European Science Foundation will award this year’s European Latsis Prize to Colin Renfrew, Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, for his exceptional contributions to European Prehistory. The prize ceremony will take place at the Hotel Hilton in...

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New ESF- Japan Science Mentorship Meetings inaugurated

The first meeting in a series of Frontier Science Meetings for Young Researchers, organised by the ESF and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), was opened in San Feliu de Guixols, near Barcelona, Spain, today. The meeting, which involves 90 senior experts and young researchers...

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ESF appoints John Marks as Director of Science and Strategy

The European Science Foundation has appointed John Marks as Director of Science and Strategy. Marks will oversee the direction and coordination of all scientific and strategic development at ESF. Marks joins ESF with over 23 years of experience in science policy and management. Recently he was...

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ESF provides new secretariat for COST

Following detailed negotiations, the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Commission have signed a contract for ESF to provide the administrative, technical and scientific secretariat and management for COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). This follows on from an...

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The European Science Foundation appoints Alexandre Tiedtke Quintanilha as new chairman of the Standing Committee for Life and Environmental Sciences (LESC)

The new LESC chair Alexandre Tiedtke Quintanilha was born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) Mozambique in 1945.  B.Sc. (Hons) in theoretical physics in 1967. He completed his Ph.D. in solid state physics in 1972 under the supervision of Frank Nabarro, one of the world experts in dislocation...

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ESF Syllabus for Clinical Investigator Training - a recent initiative from European Science Foundation, ESF

ESF wishes to introduce this Syllabus to help create a culture of scientifically knowledgeable physicians: physicians who, in view of the EU Clinical Trial Directive, would be able to critically evaluate study proposals, to conduct studies according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and to conclude...

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Green paper on Europe's Space Policy: Priority of space science is at odds with leading knowledege based society

Some of the questions asked in the Green Paper are not relevant to space research, while other, important issues are not addressed at all. While the ESSC-ESF acknowledges with interest the existence of such a document and its potential value, it regrets that none of the twelve questions posed in...

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Professor Bertil Andersson proposed as next ESF Secretary General

Professor Bertil Andersson (born 1948), Professor in Biochemistry and President of Linköping University, Sweden, is set to become the next Secretary General of the European Science Foundation. The ESF Governing Council has recommended the election of Professor Andersson at the next General...

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ESF announces its vision for future European research funding

Eighteen months ago, the European Science Foundation (ESF) started a debate on the construction of a new European research funding structure, with substantial funding capacity for research in the forefront of knowledge in Europe. This idea of creating a European Research Council would complement...

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