1. ESF : Role and mission in the ERA Arena Dr. Alexis – Michel Mugabushaka Science Officer in the CEO Unit

2. www.esf.org 2 European Science Foundation 76 Member Organisations in 30 countries, beyond the European Union Research funding organisations Research performing organisations Academies

3. www.esf.org 3 Three decades of science Established 1974 Independent, non- governmental Offices in Strasbourg and Brussels Budget: 41M€ General Budget: 10 M€

4. www.esf.org ERA – some players EU institutionsEuropean Commission, ERC Universities National and EUA, LERU Research InstitutionsNational e.g. MPG, HgF etc Funders national e.g. DFG, EPSRC, Industrymultinationals, SMES, RTOs Research FacilitiesCERN, ESRF, ILL, ESO, EMBL, ESFRI AcademiesNational and ALLEA (ESAC), Academia Europaea FoundationsNational (Wellcome, VW Stiftung, EFC) Learned Societiese.g. EPS, FEMS, EMBO GrassrootsEuroscience (ESOF)

5. www.esf.org ESF and partners in the ERA Research Institutes Academies National Funding Organisations ALLEA EURO- HORCs Private Foundations EMBOCERNESOESA Universities EUA EC – FP ERC EURABEuroscience COST HFSP European Associations Academia Europaea

6. www.esf.org 6 New Strategic Plan 2006 – 2010 Main activities Science Strategy Science Synergy Science Management

7. www.esf.org 7 Science Strategy Foresight and Science Policy Forward Looks Member Organisations Fora Policy Briefings (corporate) science policy initiatives

8. www.esf.org 8 Science Synergy Platform for joint research funding Exploratory Workshops* ESF Research Networking Programmes ESF Research Conferences EUROCORES - European Collaborative Research EURYI*

9. www.esf.org 9 Exploratory Workshops Workshops to explore an emerging and/or innovative field at a European level About 50 workshops a year (15,000 €) Open Call

10. www.esf.org 10 ESF Research Networking Programmes Networking activities (summer schools, conferences, exchanges) 5 years, about 70,000 € a year Open Call National funding agencies / research organisations

11. www.esf.org 11 ESF Research Conferences 4 to 5 days with 150 participants Open Call... But partnerships with national and international organizations (including universities)

12. www.esf.org 12 ESF RESEARCH CONFERENCES

13. www.esf.org 13 EUROCORES Competitive grant scheme (after National Organisations commit) Individual projects up to 1 M € and Programmes approx. 10 M € Open Call (two stages)

14. www.esf.org 14 EUROCORES in numbers Currently 23 running EUROCORES Programmes 12 Programmes in the research phase –Participation of 59 different funding organisations from 30 different countries, including USA-NSF and Canadian SSHRC

15. www.esf.org 15 Science Management Implementation of Activities European CO-operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) EuroBioFund

16. www.esf.org