Press Release
The European Science Foundation appoints Véronique Halloin as its new President
April 22, 2020
The European Science Foundation (ESF) announces the appointment of Dr Véronique Halloin as its new President, with a focus on driving the Foundation’s strategy and development for the next three years. A former Professor of Chemical Engineering and General Secretary of the Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.- FNRS), Dr Halloin is the first woman at the… Read more
European Space Science Committee endorses €14.4 billion Space19+ programmes for Europe
December 03, 2019
The European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) welcomes the outcome of European Space Agency’s (ESA) Council Meeting, held on November, 27-28 in Seville, Spain, and strongly supports the subscription of the science programmes by the Member States. The European Science Foundation’s (ESF) Expert Committee on space sciences and Europe’s advisor on space… Read more
Open Access gathers momentum: 10 organisations pledge financial support
November 25, 2019
To support the implementation of Plan S, the European Science Foundation, in partnership with cOAlition S, will host and operate a newly established cOAlition S office. To date, 10 funders, including national funding agencies and philanthropic organisations, have pledged support of over €2m for this activity. Plan S is an initiative for Open Access… Read more
European Science Foundation identifies the best research proposals for funding on behalf of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO)
November 14, 2019
Between December 2018 and August 2019, the European Science Foundation (ESF) – Science Connect provided to the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) with almost 5000 validated evaluations for research proposals, spanning all domains of research. All evaluation reports put together, they would represent a book of 11,000 pages. This is ESF’s largest grant… Read more
How can Europe explore further, understand more and prepare better for adverse Space Weather effects?
October 10, 2019
A special report from international experts, spearheaded by the European Science Foundation’s European Space Science Committee, explains the challenges and provides a set of recommendations Based on two years’ continuing assessment of European activities in the realm of Space Weather, the European Space Science Committee (ESSC), an Expert Board on… Read more
European Science Foundation announces appointment of new Chief Executive, Mr N.Walter
May 27, 2019
Mr Nicolas Walter has been appointed Chief Executive of the Strasbourg-based European Science Foundation (ESF), effective 1 July 2019. With 17 years’ experience in research management, Mr Walter will lead the organization in its next phase of development. Over the past three years, he has been restructuring ESF’s grant evaluation activities, from the… Read more
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
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
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
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