12. December 2012
Pan-European organisations call for an advanced understanding of the human brain
A new ESF strategic report identifies the opportunities for research on human brain in all scientific domains [more]
10. December 2012
Leading Experts Urge Europe To Implement Personalised Medicine In Healthcare
New report by the European Science Foundation’s (ESF) membership organisation, the European Medical Research Councils (MED (formerly EMRC)), sets out key recommendations for the introduction and implementation of personalised medicine. [more]
29. November 2012
European Gender Summit now underway in the European Parliament
A full-house event taking place over two days in the European Parliament, Brussels, the European Gender Summit gathers together key stakeholders from across the research, academic and policy spheres to call for science excellence through an awareness of gender issues. [more]
22. November 2012
ESF awards 14th European Latsis Prize to Professor Uffe Haagerup for ground-breaking and important contributions to the theory of operator algebras
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]
20. November 2012
Europe must not lose momentum in marine biodiversity research
A new Marine Board Future Science Brief presents a roadmap for marine biodiversity science in Europe and warns against complacency. [more]
19. November 2012
The European Gender Summit - more women in science, better research results for everybody.
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]
23. October 2012
Leading European experts call for more rigorous scientific evidence for healthcare interventions
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]
23. October 2012
Improving Medical Research Education across Europe
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]
19. October 2012
The European Science Foundation’s MED (formerly EMRC) calls for the adoption of open access in biomedical sciences
New report assesses open access in biomedical research across Europe. [more]
3. September 2012
New ESF-cofounded feasibility study calls for a single European Researcher Development Framework
Strasbourg 03/09/12 - The European Science Foundation has released a new report detailing its feasibility study on a pan-European professional development framework. [more]
