Press Releases Archive - 2006

11. July 2006

Science reaches the top in Tyrol: New series of conferences launched by ESF-FWF and LFUI

On Sunday 25th June, the European Science Foundation (ESF), the Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forshung in Österreich (FWF) in partnership with Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck (LFUI) initiated the first in a new series of research conferences. State-of-the-art science Top-level... [more]


1. July 2006

2006 EURYI Awards

This October, at the 3rd Annual EURYI Award Ceremony, twenty-five researchers will receive awards which will enable them to create research teams in Europe to focus on cutting-edge science research.  [more]


28. June 2006

Call for papers: Prague conference on Peer Review - Its Present and Future State

Only few days are left to submit papers for a conference about one of the most current and urgent problems for the entire scientific community:  „Peer Review - Its Present and Future State“. It takes place from October 12-13, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic The deadline for submissions of... [more]


20. June 2006

European Science Foundation sets out research strategy to push rheumatic diseases up the health agenda and speed development of new therapies.

Europe’s experts in the field will hear the plan and discuss the recommendations at their annual meeting in Amsterdam this week.  [more]


13. June 2006

TransEuropean change and the struggle for equality

The European Science Foundation is launching a Research Networking Programme, ‘TransEurope’, to identify and measure the impact of transnationalisation on European countries and the resulting inequality in Europe. This will aim to discover which nations adapt well to this constantly changing... [more]


13. June 2006

ESF Task Force for Clean Solar Energy

The European Union and its member states are being urged by leading scientists to make a major multi million Euro commitment to solar driven production of environmentally clean electricity, hydrogen and other fuels, as the only sustainable long-term solution for global energy needs. The most... [more]


31. May 2006

World Conference on Research Integrity announced

The European Science Foundation (ESF) and the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity (ORI) join together in announcing plans to hold a World Conference on Research Integrity in Lisbon, Portugal on 17 to 19 September 2007.  ESF and ORI are working together as... [more]


23. May 2006

Green light for development of the European Polar Research vessel AURORA BOREALIS

The German Science Council Wissenschaftsrat has given the go-ahead for development and eventual construction of the European Research Icebreaker Vessel Aurora Borealis. The project, originally proposed by the European Polar Board a Committee of the European Science Foundation, has been positively... [more]


18. May 2006

European Science Foundation agrees multidisciplinary conference scheme with Linköping University

The European Science Foundation (ESF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Linköping University (LiU) for a new conference scheme. The document was signed in Linköping by Professor Bertil Andersson, Chief Executive of the ESF and Professor Mille Milnert, Rector of Linköping University.... [more]


11. May 2006

Modernising public service policy throughout Europe

On 8-9 June 2006, the European Science Foundation (ESF) will launch an ESF Research Networking Programme to help member countries adapt their public policies and services to the changing political and cultural realities of the European Union. Enlargement, harmonisation of tax policy, and growing... [more]