Membership

Pooling European Key Expertise and Means

Membership is open to organisations which are based in Europe and are either ESF member organisations, major national polar scientific institutions, or groups of national relevant scientific institutions which combine to form a single membership in the European Polar Board.

As of January 2014, the European Polar Board has 24 member organisations from 17 European countries:

CountryOrganisationDelegate
Austria

Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF)

Austrian Science Research Fund

Professor Andreas Richter
Belgium

Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)

National Fund for Scientific Research

Professor Jean-Louis Tison
Belgium

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO)

Research Foundation Flanders

Professor Philippe Huybrechts
BelgiumBelgian Science Policy (BELSPO)

Mrs. Maaike Vancauwenberghe

 

Bulgaria

Българският Антарктически Институт 

Bulgarian Antarctic Institute (BAI)

Professor Christo Pimpirev
Denmark

Ministeriet for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser (DASTI)

Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation

Dr. Naja Mikkelsen
Estonia

Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia 

Estonian Academy of Sciences

Professor Rein Vaikmäe
Finland

Suomen Akatemia/Finlands Akademi 

Academy of Finland

Professor Kari Laine
France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 

National Centre for Scientific Research

Dr. Denis-Didier Rousseau
France

Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor 

French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor

Dr. Yves Frenot
Germany

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 

German Research Foundation

Dr. Heidi Kassens
Germany

Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF) 

Helmholtz Association

Professor Dr. Karin Lochte
Italy

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Italian National Research Council

Professor Enrico Brugnoli
Italy

Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) 

National Programme for Research in Antarctica

Professor Carlo Alberto Ricci
Netherlands

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) 

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

Dr. Dick van der Kroef
Norway

Norges Forskningsråd 

Research Council of Norway

Dr. Harald Loeng
Poland

Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN) 

Polish Academy of Sciences

Professor Dr. Aleksander Guterch
Portugal

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologica (FCT) 

Foundation for Science and Technology

Professor Gonçalo Vieira
Russian Federation

Арктический и антарктический научно-исследовательский институт 

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)

Dr. Sergey Priamikov

(Permanent Observer)

Spain

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)

Council for Scientific Research

Dr. José Ramón Naranjo Orovio
Spain

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)

Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

Mr. Antonio Quesada
Sweden

Polarforskningssekretariatet 

Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

Dr. Magnus Tannerfeldt
Sweden

Vetenskapsrådet (VR) 

Swedish Research Council

Dr. Mats Andersson
Switzerland

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF) 

Swiss National Science Foundation

Professor Christian Schlüchter
United Kingdom

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) British Antarctic Survey

Professor Jane Francis