European Science Foundation
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| Abbreviation | ESF |
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| Motto | Setting Science Agendas for Europe |
| Formation | 1974 |
| Type | NGO |
| Headquarters | Strasbourg, France |
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President
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Professor Pär Omling (Sweden) |
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Chief executive
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Martin Hynes (Ireland) |
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Budget
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€52.8 million (2008) |
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Staff
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104 |
| Website | www.esf.org |
The European Science Foundation (ESF) is an association of 72 member organizations devoted to scientific research in 30 European countries. It is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organisation that facilitates cooperation and collaboration in European research and development, European science policy and science strategy. It was established in 1974. The ESF offices are in Strasbourg, France (headquarters), and in Brussels and Ostend, Belgium.
The ESF Member Organisations are research-performing and research-funding organisations, academies and learned societies across Europe. Together they represent an annual funding of about €25 billion.
The European Science Foundation awards the annual European Latsis Prize.
The ESF provides a platform for foresighting and research networking on a European and global scale to the ESF member organisations. The ESF activities are organised around three operational bases: strategy, synergy and management. According to its mission and strategic plan, the European Science Foundation runs foresighting programmes in science; programmes to enhance science synergy such as research networking programmes and collaborative research projects for European scientists; and activities dedicated to science management, such as providing administrative services to independent scientific committees and other organisations.
Science strategy activities seek to foresight and advice on science, research infrastructure and science policy issues. They include:
Science synergy instruments aim to stipulate dialogue and cooperation between researchers, and to implement European-level research:
The ESF conferences unit is located in Brussels with a liaison base in Strasbourg.
Science management activities include management of the EU Framework Programme ERA-NETs scheme and provision of the management structure and administration for the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). The ESF managed ERA-NETs involve (among others) also European Research Icebreaker Consortium –AURORA BOREALIS (ERICON-AB), a project to build the most advanced research vessel in the world, with year-round operational capability and state-of-the-art technology and laboratory equipment. The ESF European Polar Board is managing and coordinating authority of the project.
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