Press Release
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European Science Foundation signs agreement to host the Europlanet Society in Strasbourg
November 14, 2018
The Europlanet Society was formally established yesterday at an official event in the City Hall of Strasbourg following the announcement made at the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2018 in Berlin. The Europlanet Society is a new membership organisation that aims to promote the advancement of planetary science in Europe and builds on the heritage... Read more
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ESF’s European Space Sciences Committee welcomes decisions taken at ESA Intermediate Ministerial Council meeting 2018
November 12, 2018
The European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) – the independent expert committee on space sciences of the European Science Foundation (ESF) – welcomes the outcome from the recent ESA Intermediate Ministerial Council meeting that took place in Madrid, Spain on 25 October 2018, under the chairmanship of Mr Pedro Duque, Spanish Minister responsible for space. ... Read more
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Europlanet Society launched at the European Planetary Science Congress 2018
September 20, 2018
The Europlanet Society, a new membership organisation to promote the advancement of planetary science in Europe, has been launched today at the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2018 in Berlin. The Society is open to individual and institutional members and builds on the heritage of 15 years of Europlanet projects funded by the European Commission. ... Read more
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Horizon 2020 project, MERIL-2, launches interactive tool mapping research infrastructures in Europe
September 12, 2018
The European Commission funded MERIL-2 project (Mapping of the European Research Infrastructure Landscape), has introduced a new Data Visualization tool that allows users to discover all of the European research infrastructures (RI) in the MERIL database interactively. With the new tool, users can quickly see and explore data on the European research... Read more
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ESF to support the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) in the evaluation of their research grants
May 04, 2018
The Strasbourg-based European Science Foundation (ESF) has recently been awarded a multi-year framework contract following a public call for tender launched by the Flanders Research Foundation FWO, to evaluate post-doctoral fellowships and research projects applications.Scientific research is increasingly competitive and the process of assessing proposals... Read more
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ESF to run a new EC Project aiming at building an ethics and integrity framework for all non-medical research
April 25, 2018
The European Science Foundation (ESF) along with 13 scientific institutions throughout Europe is to run a EUR 2.8 million Project aiming at building an ethics and integrity framework for all non-medical research. Good, effective policymaking that produces outcomes that benefit, protect and sustain society, communities, groups and individuals depends upon... Read more
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ESF to support French University of Bordeaux IdEx research application assessment process
February 14, 2018
The Strasbourg-based European Science Foundation (ESF) has recently been awarded a contract following a call for tender with the French University of Bordeaux “IdEx – Initiative d’Excellence”, in order to evaluate post-doctoral and Junior Chair applications. The European Science Foundation (ESF) has supported the University of Bordeaux – IdEx since 2016,... Read more
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European Science Foundation archives now available for consultation
February 07, 2018
The European Science Foundation (ESF) and the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) are pleased to announce that the historical archives of the ESF are now available for consultation by researchers and the interested public at the HAEU in Florence.The ESF archival collection covers the period since its establishment in 1974 until 2005 and was... Read more
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ESF to support the French "Grand Est" Region’s research investment policy
January 26, 2018
26 January 2018 - The Strasbourg-based European Science Foundation (ESF) has recently been awarded a multi-year framework contract following a call for tender with the French Grand Est Region, to evaluate research grants applications funded through the region’s proactive policy to support excellent regional research. The European Science Foundation (ESF)... Read more
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GoJelly project officially kicks off!
January 22, 2018
ESF representatives participated in the first project meeting on Madeira together with over 40 experts to discuss the first steps to develop sustainable Jellyfish products 22 January 2018 - While the number of fish in our oceans continues to decrease, changing environmental conditions seem to favour jellyfish. They occur more often in large blooms. So far,... Read more
