News & Press Releases

  • MERIL-2 Project launch introduces BETA version

    June 20, 2017

    A European Commission-funded project to revive and improve the MERIL (Mapping of the European Research Infrastructure Landscape) database and portal is underway, with a new portal being previewed today at an event in Rome, Italy. The MERIL-2 project builds on the previous phases of MERIL that were initiated in 2010, with a view to building an up-to-date… Read more

  • Scientific Community marks the establishment of Science Connect

    April 18, 2017

    The establishment of the new expert services division of the European Science Foundation, Science Connect, was marked formally at an event in Strasbourg City Hall, France, on 3 April 2017.  The event was attended by senior figures from the worlds of science, research, academia and public life, including European and international guests. With 43 years’… Read more

  • If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, how does a journey around the solar system start?

    April 07, 2017

    The DEMOCRITOS project is a H2020 SPACE funded project, with the aim to investigate the necessary demonstration activities in order to mature technologies for high power space transportation with nuclear electric propulsion (NEP).  The project concluded its activities today, in a workshop at the Delegation of the European Union in Moscow, Russia.  The… Read more

  • 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