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 in the European Polar Board.
As of July 2009, the European Polar Board has 25 member organisations from 20 European countries:
Country | Organisation | Delegate |
Austria | Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF) Austrian Science Research Fund | Professor Andreas Richter |
Belgium | Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) National Fund for Scientific Research | Professor Jean-Louis Tison |
Belgium | Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO) Research Foundation Flanders | Professor Philippe Huybrechts |
Belgium | Mrs. Maaike Vancauwenberghe, | |
Bulgaria | Българският Антарктически Институт Bulgarian Antarctic Institute (BAI) | Professor Christo Pimpirev |
Czech Republic | České národní středisko pro polární Výzkum, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Masarykovy univerzity Czech National Centre of Polar Investigations, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University | Professor Dr. Pavel Prošek |
Denmark | Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersøgelser i Grønland The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland | Dr. Naja Mikkelsen |
Estonia |
Estonian Academy of Sciences | Professor Rein Vaikmäe |
Finland | Suomen Akatemia/Finlands Akademi Academy of Finland | Professor Kari Laine |
France | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) National Centre for Scientific Research | Dr. Yves Frenot |
France | Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor | Dr. Yves Frenot |
Germany | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) German Research Foundation | Dr. Heidi Kassens |
Germany | Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF) Helmholtz Association | Professor Dr. Karin Lochte |
Italy | Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) National Programme for Research in Antarctica | Professor Carlo Alberto Ricci |
Luxembourg | Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) National Research Fund | Professor Antoine Kies |
Netherlands | Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research | Dr. Dick van der Kroef |
Norway |
Research Council of Norway | Dr. Harald Loeng |
Poland |
Polish Academy of Sciences | Professor Dr. Aleksander Guterch |
Portugal | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologica (FCT) Foundation for Science and Technology | Professor Gonçalo Vieira |
Russian Federation | Арктический и антарктический научно-исследовательский институт Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) | Dr. Sergey Priamikov |
Spain | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) Council for Scientific Research | Professor Susana Agustí |
Spain | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) Ministry of Science and Innovation | Dr. Margarita Yela |
Sweden |
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat | Dr. Magnus Tannerfeldt |
Sweden |
Swedish Research Council | Dr. Magnus Friberg |
Switzerland | Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF) Swiss National Science Foundation | Professor Christian Schlüchter |
United Kingdom | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) British Antarctic Survey | to be nominated |
ESF provides the scientific, administrative and technical secretariat for COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).