News & Press Releases
ESF coordinated research received 2016 international award
December 22, 2016
Re-Becoming Universities? Higher Education Institutions in Networked Knowledge Societies (Springer Press, 2016), a book co-edited by David M. Hoffman and Jussi Välimaa, was selected for the 2016 Council for International Higher Education (of the US-based Association for the Study of Higher Education - ASHE) award recognising a highly significant outcome in… Read more
E-MRS 2017 Spring Meeting - Call for Papers
December 09, 2016
EMRS returns to Strasbourg with Spring meeting 2017. The 2017 E-MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit will be held in the Convention Centre of Strasbourg (France) from May 22 to 26, 2017. The conference will consist of 26 parallel symposia with invited speakers, oral and poster presentations and a plenary session to provide an international forum for discussing… Read more
Consortium partners announced for new European Commission funded SCOPE Project
November 14, 2016
The European Science Foundation (ESF), l’École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) have been selected as Consortium partners for the new European Commission-funded SCOPE project. The Grant Agreement has been signed by all partners and the project will be launched in 2017. SCOPE aims to… Read more
Innovative Public Engagement Conference to be held in Brussels, 16-17 November 2016
September 29, 2016
ESF President Martin Hynes, member of the external Scientific Advisory Board for the PE2020 project, will make a presentation to a joint policy conference on best public engagement and sustainable innovation practices that will be held in Brussels on 16-17 November, 2016. The conference identifies common European priorities on how to stimulate societal… Read more
European Science Foundation to present awards at European Space Agency event in London
September 16, 2016
The European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Space Agency will be presenting the first ever 'Solutions to Global Challenges' award and the 'Sustaining Human Presence in Space' award at the Space for Inspiration event today at the London Science Museum. The two-day event, which is organised by the European Space Agency (ESA), will focus on the work… Read more
MASE Astrobiologists study Mars-like environments on Earth to better understand extra-terrestrial signs of life
August 03, 2016
Recently, a team of astrobiologists from the EU-funded MASE (Mars Analogues for Space Exploration) project descended 1.1 kilometers below Earth’s surface to the Mars-like environment of the Boulby Mine in the UK looking for answers about life on other planets. Six members of the MASE team headed to the mine on the North East coast of England to study ancient… Read more
Grant support from European Science Foundation and Graphene Flagship enables young researchers to attend ESOF
July 28, 2016
Funding support from the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the Graphene Flagship consortium enabled nine young researchers working on Graphene and related research topics to attend the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) which is taking place in Manchester this week. The successful applicants, who had applied for the grant earlier this year, are from eight… Read more
ESF expresses solidarity with EPSO
July 21, 2016
The European Science Foundation expresses its solidarity with the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO)’s letter, sent to the President of the European Parliament on 1 July 2016, requesting that action be taken to address the personal safety threats against independent scientists in Europe. EPSO’s letter is available at the following link: www.ep… Read more
European Space Sciences Committee issues recommendations for Horizon 2020 Work Programme
July 11, 2016
Recommendations to help the EU to define a strong and visible space strategy. The European Science Foundation's (ESF) European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) has issued recommendations and inputs to the consultation process set up by the European Commission on the 2018-2020 Work Programme for Horizon 2020 - SPACE. The Committee was also asked by the… Read more
Commissioner Vella consults CEOs of European Marine Board member institutes on priorities for advancing ocean observation and seabed mapping
July 08, 2016
Karmenu Vella, EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is meeting with ocean research leaders at the European Marine Board offices in Ostend, Belgium, today to discuss ocean research challenges. The meeting with Commissioner Vella follows on from a previous consultation, held in March, which identified ocean observation and seabed… Read more