European Science Foundation

European Science Foundation was originally set up to act as a coordinating body for Europe’s main research funding and research performing organisations.

The ESF headquarters are in Strasbourg, France with 2 offices in Belgium. The ESF Office is directed by the Chief Executive, and assisted by an international staff.

People

Governing Council 2013

• Professor Pär Omling (Sweden), President
• Professor Eugenijus Butkus (Lithuania), Vice President
• Dr. Franci Demsar (Slovenia), Vice President
• Professor Yücel Altunbaşak (Turkey)
• Professor Paul Boyle (United Kingdom)
• Enda Connolly (Ireland)
• Professor Mihai Dima (Romania)
• Professor Jos J. Engelen (Netherlands)
• Professor Merete Fredholm (Denmark)
• Dr. Arvid Hallén (Norway)
• Dr. Daniel Höchli (Switzerland)
• Professor Andres Koppel (Estonia)
• Professor Christoph Kratky (Austria)
• Professor Zvonko Kusic (Croatia)
• Professor Emilio Lora-Tamayo D’ocón (Spain)
• Professor Marja Makarow (Finland)
• Dr. François Meyer (Luxembourg)
• Professor Mille Millnert (Sweden)
• Dr. Elisabeth Monard (Belgium)
• Professor Tamás Németh (Hungary)
• Professor Ivan Netuka (Czech Republic)
• Professor Luigi Nicolais (Italy)
• Professor Guðrún Nordal (Iceland)
• Professor Jaromír Pastorek (Slovak Republic)
• Professor Paulo Pereira (Portugal)
• Professor Peter Strohschneider (Germany)
• Professor Eugenia Stoimenova (Bulgaria)
• Professor André Syrota (France)
• Dr. Vassilis Tsakalos (Cyprus)

Affiliations

Member organisations 2013

• Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF, Austrian Science Fund)
• Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS, Fund for Scientific Research)
• Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek-Vlaanderen (FWO, Research Foundation Flanders)
• Българска академия на науките (BAS, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
• Научни изследвания (National Science Fund of Bulgaria)
• Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
• Hrvatska zaklada za znanost (HRZZ, Croatian Science Foundation)
• Ίδρυμα Προώθησης Έρευνας (RPF, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation)
• Akademie věd České republiky (ASCR, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
• Grantová agentura České republiky (GAČR, Czech Science Foundation)
• Danmarks Grundforskningsfonden (DG, Danish National Research Foundation)
• Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab (Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters)
• Det Frie Forskningsråd - Kultur og Kommunikation (FKK, The Danish Council for Independent Research - Humanities)
• Det Frie Forskningsråd - Sundhed og Sygdom (FSS, The Danish Council for Independent Research - Medical Sciences)
• Det Frie Forskningsråd - Natur og Univers (FNU, The Danish Council for Independent Research - Natural Sciences)
• Det Frie Forskningsråd - Samfund og Erhverv (FSE, The Danish Council for Independent Research - Social Sciences)
• Det Frie Forskningsråd - Teknologi og Produktion (FTP, The Danish Council for Independent Research - Technology and Production)
• Eesti Teadusagentuur (ETAG, Estonian Research Council)
• Suomen Akatemia/Finlands Akademi (Academy of Finland)
• Tiedeakatemiajaosto/Sektionen för Vetenskapsakademierna (Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters)
• Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, French National Research Agency)
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, National Centre for Scientific Research)
• Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique/Direction des Sciences de la Matière (CEA/DSM, Materials Sciences Division of the Atomic Energy Commission)
• Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea)
• Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA, National Institute for Agronomic Research)
• Institut National de La Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research)
• Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, National Institute for Development)
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
• Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres)
• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG, Max Planck Society)
• Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften (Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities)
• EONIKO I∆PYMA EPEYNΩN (NHRF, National Hellenic Research Foundation)
• Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας (FORTH, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas)
• Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (MTA, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
• Országos Tudományos Kutatási Alapprogramok (OTKA, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund)
• RANNIS (Icelandic Centre for Research)
• Health Research Board (HRB, Ireland)
• Irish Research Council
• Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR, National Research Council, Italy)
• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Italy)
• Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba (LMT, Research Council of Lithuania)
• Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR, National Research Fund, Luxembourg)
• Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
• Norges Forskningsråd (Research Council of Norway)
• Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Lisbon Academy of Sciences)
• Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal)
• Consiliul National al Cercetarii Stiintifice (CNCS, National Council for Scientific Research, Romania)
• Slovenská akadémia vied (SAV, Slovak Academy of Sciences)
• Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja (APVV, Slovak Research and Development Agency)
• Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije (ARRS, Slovenian Research Agency)
• Slovenska Znanstvena Fundacija (SZF, Slovenian Science Foundation)
• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC, Council for Scientific Research, Spain)
• Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Competitiveness, Spain)
• Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap (FAS, Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research)
• Forskningsrådet för miljö, areella näringar och samhällsbyggande (FORMAS, Swedish Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning)
• Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden
• Vetenskapsrådet (VR, Swedish Research Council)
• Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF, Swiss National Science Foundation)
• Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu (TÜBİTAK, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)
• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Supported organisations

• Science Media Centre - ESF was a former funder of the SMC

Contact

Website:

http://www.esf.org/