28. March 2007
European Science Foundation says farewell to its Chief Executive Bertil Andersson
After more than three years as the Chief Executive of the Strasburg-headquartered European Science Foundation (ESF), Bertil Andersson is leaving for the Far East to take up the post of Rector at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. “I am still a Europhile,” insisted Professor... [more]
20. March 2007
Call for proposals for new EUROCORES Programmes (EUROCORES Themes)
The aim of the ESF European Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) Scheme is to help researchers on different European countries to develop collaboration and scientific synergy in topics of European and global importance, with an emphasis on leading-edge sciences in global context. The scheme provides... [more]
19. March 2007
Excellent science needs infrastructure, integrity & more, symposium told
At a European Science Foundation’s symposium event last week titled “Promoting Excellence in Science”, Pär Omling, the President of the Swedish Research Council, went beyond the typical rhetoric on excellence in science and offered concrete factors for consideration that are essentials to attain... [more]
16. March 2007
Podcast: European Polar Board’s Dr. Egerton on the IPY, Europe and ESF’s involvement
European Polar Board’s Dr. Paul Egerton speaks about International Polar Year, Europe’s involvement, ESF’s role and IPY’s legacy. [more]
16. March 2007
Podcast: Prof. Andersson speaks about his achievements, changes, ERC, Singapore...
Professor Bertil Andersson, the chief executive of the European Science Foundation speaks about the changes that he has brought to the organisation, the European Research Council, his achievements during his time at the ESF and his plan to relocate to Singapore… [more]
15. March 2007
Seven new EUROCORES proposals given the go ahead
The EUROCORES Committee and the ESF Standing Committees have selected another seven theme proposals to be developed further into EUROCORES programmes. [more]
14. March 2007
Setting the Context of Nanomedicine for the Future
The European Science Foundation (ESF) recently undertook a Forward Look on Nanomedicine, defining the current status and future prospects in this new and important emerging field. One of the recommendations relating to research, training and improved communication was the need to establish a... [more]
9. March 2007
Science reaches the Top in Tyrol: New Series of Conferences launched by ESF, FWF & LFUI
On Sunday 25th June, the European Science Foundation (ESF), the Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forshung in Österreich (FWF) in partnership with the Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck (LFUI) initiated the first in a new series of research conferences. State-of-the-art... [more]
6. March 2007
International Polar Year Researcher Profiles
Locked in Arctic ice and sediments are vital records of what the Earth’s environment was like in the past. To more accurately predict the future of the Earth’s climate, we need to know more about the extremes. Finding out how hot and how cold the Earth was in the past, and how much, as well... [more]
