News & Press Releases
European Science Foundation kicks off a new career tracking survey of doctorate holders
March 29, 2017
Nine European research performing and funding organisations on board Tuesday 28th March, 2017 – The European Science Foundation (ESF) and its new science services division Science Connect, have launched a new career tracking survey of doctorate holders. The survey has already started, collecting over 1800 responses to date, and it follows a successful… Read more
MEDIA ALERT - INVITATION TO VISIT AND PRESS CONFERENCE MASE PROJECT
March 23, 2017
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Mars Analogue for Space Exploration (MASE) ProjectWednesday 29th March 2017 (09:30 – 12:00)CNRS - Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Orléans, France. The CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) will organise a press conference and visit on 29th of March at the Centre de Biophysique… Read more
ESF joins 40 science groups on an Open Letter to EU
February 10, 2017
The European Science Foundation President and Chief Executive have signed the Open Letter sent by 40 European Science Organizations to the European Commission and European governments, requesting them to work with their counterparts in the US administration to maintain a global science system based on the principles and values that underpin scientific… Read more
ESF brings world’s leading scientists and researchers together to develop a “Community of Experts”
January 31, 2017
The European Science Foundation (ESF) is expanding its resource network of European research expertise and talent to establish the ESF Community of Experts, which already has over 2,000 new members on board. This development reactivates the ESF network of international academics, science policy experts, key decision-makers and stakeholders across the… Read more
European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) welcomes outcomes from ESA Ministerial Council meeting 2017
January 13, 2017
While the overall level of subscription to ESA programmes is high and the ExoMars programme is secured, ESSC is concerned at the levels of undersubscription to the Earth Observation and Science in Space Environment programmesThe European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) - the independent expert committee on space sciences - has welcomed outcomes from the… Read more
European Science Foundation launches expert services division – Science Connect
January 06, 2017
Strasbourg-based European Science Foundation (ESF) today announced the launch of its new, expert services division, Science Connect, which will be dedicated to providing practical and interdisciplinary support services to the science community and science stakeholders in Europe. Building on ESF’s extensive network and experience, Science Connect will… Read more
ESF coordinated research received 2016 international award
December 22, 2016
Re-Becoming Universities? Higher Education Institutions in Networked Knowledge Societies (Springer Press, 2016), a book co-edited by David M. Hoffman and Jussi Välimaa, was selected for the 2016 Council for International Higher Education (of the US-based Association for the Study of Higher Education - ASHE) award recognising a highly significant outcome in… Read more
E-MRS 2017 Spring Meeting - Call for Papers
December 09, 2016
EMRS returns to Strasbourg with Spring meeting 2017. The 2017 E-MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit will be held in the Convention Centre of Strasbourg (France) from May 22 to 26, 2017. The conference will consist of 26 parallel symposia with invited speakers, oral and poster presentations and a plenary session to provide an international forum for discussing… Read more
Consortium partners announced for new European Commission funded SCOPE Project
November 14, 2016
The European Science Foundation (ESF), l’École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) have been selected as Consortium partners for the new European Commission-funded SCOPE project. The Grant Agreement has been signed by all partners and the project will be launched in 2017. SCOPE aims to… Read more
Innovative Public Engagement Conference to be held in Brussels, 16-17 November 2016
September 29, 2016
ESF President Martin Hynes, member of the external Scientific Advisory Board for the PE2020 project, will make a presentation to a joint policy conference on best public engagement and sustainable innovation practices that will be held in Brussels on 16-17 November, 2016. The conference identifies common European priorities on how to stimulate societal… Read more