Pooling European Key Expertise and Means

Membership is open to organisations which are based in Europe and are either ESF member organisations, major national polar scientific institutions, or groups of national relevant scientific institutions which combine to form a single membership to the European Polar Board.

As of September 2003, EPB has 29 member organisations from 19 European countries:

• Austria: Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

• Belgium: Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique;Nationaal Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

• Bulgaria: Bulgarian Antarctic Institute

• Czech  Republic: University of Brno - Research Department of Polar Ecology; Czech Geographical Society

• Denmark: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland

• Estonia: Estonian Polar Committee

• Finland: Suomen Akatemia / Finlands Akademi

• France: Institut Polaire Paul Emile Victor (IPEV);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

• Germany: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren

• Italy: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Programma Nazionale Ricerche in Antartide

• Luxembourg: Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique

• Norway: Norges Forskningsråd;Norsk Polarinstitutt

• Poland: Polska Akademia Nauk

• Russian Federation: Russian Academy of Science

• Spain: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas;Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología

• Sweden: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien; Polarforskningssekretariate

• The Netherlands: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Nederlandse; Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

• United Kingdom: Natural Environmental Research Center

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