This workshop will be held Maison de la Recherche (MSHS, ground floor, room D2) at the Université de Toulouse II - le Mirail, in Toulouse, France. [more]
22 November, 2012, Brussels: The European Science Foundation (ESF) has awarded this year’s European Latsis Prize to Professor Uffe Haagerup, an eminent mathematician at the University of Copenhagen. The theme for this year’s prize was “Mathematics” and Professor Haagerup was awarded the prize for... [more]
In an open letter and statement sent to MEPs on 16 November 2012 and published in Science Business on 22 November 2012, Professor Roger Bouillon of the MED (formerly EMRC) Core Group, speaking on behalf of all its members - along with learned societies and patients’ groups - makes the case for changes to the... [more]
22 November, 2012, Brussels: The European Science Foundation (ESF) has awarded this year’s European Latsis Prize to Professor Uffe Haagerup, an eminent mathematician at the University of Copenhagen. The theme for this year’s prize was “Mathematics” and Professor Haagerup was awarded the prize for... [more]
A new Marine Board Future Science Brief presents a roadmap for marine biodiversity science in Europe and warns against complacency. [more]
The European Gender Summit – set to take place on the 29th and 30th November 2012 in the European Parliament, Brussels – is a sold-out event that will gather together 400 key stakeholders from across the research, academic and policy spheres to call for science excellence through an awareness of... [more]
In a recent interview Nina Kancewicz-Hoffman, Head of the Humanities and Social Sciences Unit of the European Science Foundation, responded to a number of questions in relation to the role of social sciences and humanities in Horizon 2020, the European Union’s next framework programme. [more]
On 23 October, 42 Nobel laureates and 5 Fields medallists warned against cutting the future EU research budget, in an open letter addressed to EU Heads of State or Government and Presidents of EU institutions. [more]
Leading clinicians and health researchers from across Europe say much greater emphasis must be placed on the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of treatments and other healthcare interventions to ensure patients receive the best care available. The call is contained in a Science Policy... [more]
Fostering and improving medical research education is crucial to biomedical research and clinical patient treatment, and as such it has been identified as the main challenge in every joint European Science Foundation (ESF) - European Research Medical Councils (MED (formerly EMRC)) strategy report. A new policy... [more]