News

29. March 2012

The European Science Foundation (ESF) invites nominations for the European Latsis Prize 2012.

The Prize, of a value of 100 000 Swiss Francs, is presented each year by the Latsis Foundation at the ESF Annual Assembly to a scientist or research group in recognition of outstanding and innovative contributions in a selected field of research. [more]


15. March 2012

ESF Research Networking Programme - PALATIUM - Copenhagen colloquium “Beyond Scylla & Charybdis”

The workshops and Colloquia will take place in Copenhagen and Hillerød (The National Museum of History, Frederiksborg Castle) from 30 April to 02 May 2012.  [more]


15. March 2012

ESF Research Networking Programme - PALATIUM - Munich workshop “Virtual Palaces, Part II”

The workshop will take place in Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) in Germany from 13 to 15 April 2012 . Attending the workshop is free, but for practical reasons registration is required.  [more]


15. March 2012

ESF Research Networking Programme - PALATIUM - "Court Residences as Places of Exchange in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe" - Summer School Utrecht 2012

The School will take place in Utrecht (The Netherlands), with field trips to various castles and residences in The Netherlands and Germany from 1 to 11 July 2012. This event is organised by PALATIUM in cooperation with the Onderzoekschool Kunstgeschiedenis (Dutch Postgraduate School for Art... [more]


15. March 2012

ESF Research Networking Programme - DRUGS - Call for Papers: Animal Models, Model Animals? Meanings and Practices in the History

Proposals are invited for a One-Day Workshop examining the changing uses of animal models in biomedical research to be held at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), University of Manchester, on Friday 21st September 2012.  [more]


12. March 2012

ESF Research Networking Programme DRUGS - Call for papers

Is This the End? The Eclipse of the Therapeutic Revolution October 4- 6, 2012, University of Zurich, Switzerland [more]


9. March 2012

New Call for Participation - ESF Junior Summit "Water: Unite and Divide. Interdisciplinary approaches for a sustainable future"

The European Science Foundation (ESF) invites the next generation of leading scientists (‘early career researchers’) across the academic spectrum to participate in a four-day, in-depth discussion of the challenges and opportunities posed by inter (multi, trans) disciplinary research.  [more]


8. March 2012

ESF Conferences Unit celebrates the International Women’s Day with a view on gender balance in research and innovation

More than 20 years of ESF Conferences have shown that bringing together a more diverse group of researchers – in terms of gender, background and age – will lead to more exciting discussions and more innovative results. This is a message we promote in all of our activities, in particular through the... [more]


7. March 2012

COST to receive additional EUR 10 million from European Commission

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) and the European Science Foundation (ESF) have been informed by the European Commission Directorate-General for Research & Innovation of their decision to allocate an additional EUR 10 million to COST.  [more]


5. March 2012

Exploring the future of Green Open Access

European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes to open European conference presenting the findings of a collaboration between publishers, repositories, funders and researchers on Green Open Access. [more]