News & Press Releases

  • Roadmapping Distributed Research Infrastructures in Europe

    March 17, 2025

    Save the date! 9 - 10 June 2025 in Krakow, ESF and Europlanet Society are co-organising a two half-day workshop, just before the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI). The workshop is open to all Research Infrastructures (RIs) in the European Research Area (ERA) and will be focused upon two specific topics: The role of  distributed… Read more

  • CoARA Launches its Second Call for Cascade Funding

    February 27, 2025

    CoARA, the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, has launched a second call for cascade funding.  Funded within the CoARA Boost Project it aims to support institutional reform of research assessment at various stages.  The Second Call will fund +20 projects that facilitate piloting new initiatives within institutions,… Read more

  • YOU-DARE: A Pan-European Project Tackles Gender Narratives in Far-Right Youth Movements

    February 06, 2025

    4 February 2025, Strasbourg – A pan-European consortium of leading research institutions and organisations is proud to announce the launch of YOU-DARE (YOUth Debunking the gendered Arguments of far-Right Extremism), a new project funded by the European Commission. YOU-DARE brings together interdisciplinary expertise from across Europe to investigate… Read more

  • Webinar: Towards safer sports environment: changing MEN’talities

    January 16, 2025

    SUPPORTER, an EU-funded project coordinated by ESF, aims to advance inclusive gender+ equality in the European Research Area (ERA). This initiative supports eight higher education institutions from Central and Eastern Europe, in designing and implementing gender equality plans with a particular focus on addressing gender-based violence.  As part of its… Read more

  • BRYOMOLECULES

    September 06, 2024

    Uncovering the Hidden Potential of European Bryophytes for Sustainable Biotechnology: BRYOMOLECULES, a new EU-funded project to advance the current knowledge, exploitation and conservation of natural resources for bioeconomy.  Kicked off on 1 September 2024, the “Bioprospection and production of bioactive molecules from European bryophytes”… Read more

  • Celebrating 50 Years of ESF: A Milestone in Catalysing Research

    June 27, 2024

    On 26 June 2024, ESF - the European Science Foundation, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a conference at the Villa Sturm in Strasbourg. This event not only marked half a century of ESF's presence in the scientific landscape but also set the stage for envisioning its future in terms of sustainable and impactful research management. Read more

  • NGI Sargasso seeking external evaluators for open call proposals

    June 19, 2024

    NGI Sargasso, a collaborative ecosystem and programme promoting transatlantic cooperation for NGI technologies coordinated by ESF, announced the opening of a selection process for external evaluators to review proposals received under the current open call. The pool of external evaluators will comprise recognised experts in the topics covered by the NGI… Read more

  • Zero-tolerance to gender-based violence in higher education and research: GenderSAFE, a new EU-funded project to promote comprehensive institutional policies.

    March 14, 2024

    Kicked off on 14 March 2024, the GenderSAFE project will be supporting European research and higher education institutions in developing, implementing and monitoring comprehensive policies to end gender-based violence. Gender-based violence is a persistent problem in higher education and research institutions across the European Research Area, with… Read more

  • ESF is celebrating its 50th anniversary!

    February 23, 2024

    In 2024, ESF is celebrating its 50th anniversary! Over the past 50 years, ESF has positioned itself as a major actor in supporting research management at an international level. In recent years, its main lines of action have focused on connecting stakeholders and enabling the implementation of science operations, from grant evaluation and research assessment… Read more

  • The UniSAFE Toolkit

    January 15, 2024

    A valuable resource to support higher education institutions and research organisations in ending gender-based violence.

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