Collaboration with Philanthropies
Non-profit organisations, charities and private foundations collaborate with ESF to ensure a high-quality research assessment of grant applications to maximize the impact of their funded projects. For certain philantropies, ESF manages the complete funding process, from open call for proposals, project evaluation to post-award management. Discover below a few organisations that have collaborated with us:
Competitive call & post-award management of the Fight Kids Cancer Programme (Europe)
The Fight Kids Cancer programme (FKC) is an exciting venture supported by several European philanthropies (Netherlands, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain and UK) to support academic research for paediatric cancers. Since 2020, ESF has been coordinating and implementing the FKC programme from open call for proposals to project funding and monitoring. For the FKC 2023/2024 Call for research projects on paediatric brain tumours. ESF evaluated eligible Expressions of Interest and full applications in a two-step assessment process (external review step followed by review panel assessment) leading to the funding of eight projects (10,7 million euros budget).
Evaluation of research projects by the ESF Review Panels for the FCSP Foundation - Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo (Italy)
Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation (FCSP) is a philanthropy that promotes cultural, civil and economic development. In 2018, FCSP supported research and training initiatives in partnerships with several Italian universities and entrusted ESF with the scientific assessment of research proposals of the University of Naples ESF’s assessment process involved the set-up of four disciplinary review panels, the assessment of over 100 applications by three panel members, and the applicant rebuttal process.
Evaluation of Chairs and fellowship applications for the AXA Research Fund (France)
Since 2013, ESF has maintained a long-standing relationship with the AXA Research Fund (AXA RF).
In 2023, ESF enhanced its support for AXA RF by providing external evaluations for the applications under the AXA's competitive calls: AXA Chairs and Post-doctoral fellowships on “Renewable Energy for a Sustainable & Fair Transition. Additionally, ESF established an international review panel, including reviewers from both academic and industrial sectors, to assess the 1st joint call of the AXA Research Fund and the Swiss Re Institute on “Cybersecurity”.
Evaluation of research projects for the CARIPARO Foundation - Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo (Italy)
In 2024, ESF completed the peer review of research project proposals submitted under the Foundation’s Scientific Excellence and Pediatric Research calls, involving more than 100 international expert reviewers. The expert assessments served as the basis for the Foundation’s scientific board’s selection process.