News

1. December 2010

Where is Mathematics in Europe?

Europe’s leading scientists urge creation of a CERN for Mathematics  [more]


29. November 2010

Male reproductive problems may add to falling fertility rates

European Science Foundation publishes new report on male reproductive health [more]


29. November 2010

Bridging between Earth and space: technology breakthroughs for scientific progress

New Forward Look starts in Brussels, 29-30 November [more]


25. November 2010

European Science Foundation cancels research funding calls

The European Science Foundation (ESF) will not launch three funding calls pending more progress towards its merger with the European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCs). At the ESF annual assembly last week ESF member organisations decided to put certain activities on hold during the current... [more]


18. November 2010

European Science Foundation elects new Vice Presidents

Markku Mattila, President of the Academy of Finland and João Sentieiro,  President of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in Portugal, have been elected today as Vice Presidents of the European Science Foundation, during its Annual Assembly in Strasbourg, France. They will start in... [more]


17. November 2010

Professor Ilkka Hanski wins the European Latsis Prize 2010 for Biodiversity

Professor Ilkka Hanski of the University of Helsinki in Finland is awarded the European Latsis Prize for his contributions to research concerning biodiversity in general and metapopulation biology in particular. The European Latsis Prize is valued at 100,000 Swiss francs (€74,000). The prize is... [more]


12. October 2010

50% by 2050 - How the power of the sea could help solve our electricity needs

Marine Board of the ESF presents vision for marine renewable energies at the EurOCEAN 2010 conference [more]


11. October 2010

Virtual research institute needed to unlock RNA’s promise, say scientists

European Science Foundation reports on the future of ribonucleic acid research [more]


6. October 2010

Humanities in the European Research Area announces winners of its first Joint Research Programme

16.4 million euro awarded to 19 transnational collaborative research projects in two humanities research themes across Europe [more]


16. September 2010

Watch your seas: Marine scientists call for European marine observatory network

Brussels, 16 September - More than 100 marine scientists, policy makers and members of industry unanimously call for action towards an integrated network of observatories monitoring  Europe’s seas, at the Marine Board-ESF Forum ‘Towards a European Network of Marine Observatories’. This will... [more]