News

30. October 2013

Professor Eugen Seibold, 1918 - 2013

Professor Pär Omling, President, and Martin Hynes, Chief Executive, together with the ESF staff, are deeply saddened by the news that Professor Eugen Seibold, former President of the European Science Foundation from 1985 to 1990, passed away on 23 October 2013, in Freiburg, Germany. [more]


24. October 2013

Research Networking Programme CONGENOMICS - Call for short visit grants

The ConGenOmics programme is a European network platform for the exchange of knowledge and facilities in the context of conservation genomics. By organizing workshops, summer schools, collaborative expert meetings and an exchange program at pan-European level, the ConGenOmics programme aims to... [more]


1. October 2013

Manchester organizes ESOF 2016 and will be the European City of Science 2016

The ESOF Supervisory Board and EuroScience announced this week that the 2016 edition of the EuroScience Open Forum will be hosted in July in Manchester, UK. [more]


25. September 2013

SCIENCE IN SOCIETY: Caring for our Futures in Turbulent Times

New Science Policy Briefing from the European Science Foundation assesses the future issues of science in society in Europe. [more]


24. September 2013

New European database launched to map strengths and gaps in research infrastructure provision and enable greater collaboration

A new public database of Europe’s finest scientific research facilities has been launched today to better inform policy makers about the deployment of science funding and to help scientists locate and access the most appropriate equipment and services to support their research. This new tool is... [more]


4. September 2013

Research Networking Programme QUANTISSUE support the conference entitled "Systems Dynamics in Endocytosis"

The conference will take place in Villars, Switzerland on 29/09 till 04/10/13.  [more]


26. July 2013

Research Networking Programme NEDIMAH "Network for Digital Methods in the Arts and Humanities"- Call for participation

Downstream from the Digital Humanities: Digital Methods and the Scholarly Communications Ecosystem - A NeDimah Working Paper Meeting - 15-16 May 2014, Zadar, Croatia  [more]


29. May 2013

New "ESF Today" brochure available

The new "ESF Today" brochure, highlighting its lastest activities and developments is now available for download.


24. May 2013

Research is a key area for job growth

Last week, the Irish EU presidency hosted a conference on researcher careers and mobility to come up with practical solutions to help meet the European Commission’s clear target of an extra million researchers in Europe by 2020. [more]


16. May 2013

Spanish funding situation now resolved

We are pleased to announce that following constructive discussions with the Spanish Member Organisations of ESF, a solution has been found to resolve the funding situation that had caused delays for several ESF activities.  [more]