Each year, the ESF supports approximately 50 Exploratory Workshops across all scientific domains.
These small, interactive output oriented meetings are aimed at opening up new directions in research to explore emerging research fields with potential impact on new developments in science. The workshops, which usually last 1-3 days, are of a relatively small scale (in terms of people involved) and provide an ideal platform for focus on the topic and for all participants to contribute to discussions and plan follow-up collaborative work.
The 2011 Call for Exploratory Workshops closed on 26 May 2011 but is still available for information purposes. More information available here.

The list of ESF Research Conferences in the PESC domain is available below:
The European Science Foundation invites researchers to submit proposals for Research Conferences to take place in 2013. The call covers Molecular Biology, Physics / Biophysics, Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities.
Successful proposals will be organised within the framework of the ESF Research Conferences Scheme and will be awarded a conference grant of up to EUR 40.000.
Submission Deadline: 15 September 2011
More information available here.
The Call for Research Networking Programmes (RNP), originally scheduled for 1 July 2010, has been cancelled (after an initial postponement). This decision was taken in the context of the current discussions between ESF and EUROHORCS (European Heads of Research Councils) about the ways in which their relationship could be better developed to serve European science.
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No Calls for Outline Proposals launched in 2011 Since the level of financial commitments expressed by ESF Member Organsiations did not reach the required viability threshold for the five themes selected in 2010 and which included the PESC theme "Computational Mathematics as a Driving Force for Innovation in Europe (EuroCompMath)", the development of the five themes is discontinued. The resulting calls for outline proposals will therefore not be launched. Call for EUROCORES Themes 2011 - CANCELLED The decision was taken in the context of the current discussions between ESF and EUROHORCS about the ways in which their relationship could be better developed to serve European Science. |