ESF offers, on a competitive basis, full-cost, awards to leading early career scholars to participate in the ESF Humanities Spring 2011.
Graphene Week 2011: Fundamental Science of Graphene and Applications of Graphene-Based Devices The Graphene Week 2011 conference will be devoted to the science and technology of graphene, advances in its growth and chemical processing, manufacturing graphene-based devices and studies of electronic transport, investigation of physical properties using ARPES, STM and AFM, emerging applications of this new material. It will also address studies of optical properties of graphene and their applications in optoelectronics, graphene manufacturing by mechanical and chemical exfoliation, synthesis on SiC, and growth on metals and semiconductors.
Open Call - British Academy Visiting Scholars The Academy's Visiting Scholars scheme enables scholars from overseas to apply to the Academy, in conjunction with a UK host, for research visits to the UK of two to six months. The main purpose of the visit should be to enable the visitor to pursue research.The scheme is open to any scholar from outside the UK. Application must be made in conjunction with a UK-based academic sponsor whose home institution is willing to host the visit.
The European Science Foundation invites scientists to submit proposals for high-level research conferences to take place in 2012 within the framework of its Research Conferences Scheme in the following scientific domains: Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences; Molecular Biology+; Mathematics; Physics/Biophysics and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences and Humanities
TECT/INCORE Summer School This European and international event also marks the end of both European programmes TECT (The Evolution of Cooperation and Trading; initiated by the European Science Foundation) and INCORE (Integrating Cooperation Research across Europe; an EU-Framework 6 programme).
Environmental Degradation and Conflict: From Vulnerabilities to Capabilities The conference aims to shed light on the complex dynamics of environmentally induced migration and the associated societal processes. Toward this end, we seek to further the interdisciplinary debate and exchange of knowledge from the fields of migration, climate change, disaster, development, and others. Connecting vulnerability, capability and transnational approaches will help to link existing research and open new research venues for the future. The conference is structured along seven issue areas.
Emergent Properties of the Cytoskeleton: Molecules to Cells The conference will address the best and the newest developments in this research area. It brings together researchers from a broad range of scientific backgrounds, but with a common aim of understanding the basic properties of the cytoskeleton, and how it is organised and utilised by cells and tissues.
Future Internet and Society: Complex Networks Perspective This conference will bring together experts in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), social scientists, as well as experts in the area of complex systems They will assess the state-of-the-art, identify new trends and envision future developments in the intertwined domains of future Internet and society.
Highly Oscillatory Problems: From Theory to Applications The recent six-monthsʼ programme on “Highly oscillatory problems: Computation, theory and applications” at the Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences (January–July 2007) represented an important paradigm shift. Historically research into high oscillation had been scattered across many subject areas of pure and applied mathematics, with little cross-disciplinary communication and interaction.
Call for EUROCORES themes 2010 EUROCORES Themes are "bottom-up" proposals for the creation of new collaborative research programmes dealing with broad and complex topics which are best addressed through multinational cooperation. Through its annual call for theme proposals, ESF solicits new ideas from the scientific community with a view to creating large-scale European Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) programmes in and across all scientific domains.
Paying Attention: Digital Media Cultures and Generational Responsibility"Paying Attention" concerns the politics, ethics and aesthetics of the attention economy. This is the social and technical milieu in which web native generations live much of their lives. It will address key questions like: What architectures of power are at work in the attention economy ? How is it building new structures of experience? What kinds of value does this architecture produce?
Calls for Outline Proposals for 7 new EUROCORES Programmes: EuroBIOSAS (Bio-inspired Engineering of Sensors, Actuators & Systems), EuroUnderstanding (Understanding and Misunderstanding: Cognition, Communication and Culture), EuroEPINOMICS (Functional genomic variation in the epilepsies), EuroVOL (Ecology of Plant Volatiles, from Molecules to the Globe), EuroTRACES (European Trans-Atlantic Coral Ecosystem Study), EuroSolarFuels (Molecular Science for a Conceptual Transition from Fossil to Solar Fuels), EuroGIGA (Graphs in Geometry and Algorithms). Following recommendations from the Science Advisory Board, the ESF has decided to terminate the development of the two EUROCORES Programmes: EuroSafeART (Evaluating the safety of human Assisted Reproduction Technologies: a multidisciplinary approach) and EuroCYNAT (The Nature of Cyberbullying: Prevalence, developmental precursors, longitudinal course, and prevent ion and intervention strategies).
Home, Migration and the City:New Narratives, New Methodologies This conference takes ‘narratives’ – broadly defined as stories, diaries, myths, photographs, music, films, media images and representations of movement – as the analytical starting point for new research on migration. Narratives have several dimensions. Firstly, migrant narratives need to be understood as inherently spatial. Secondly, this spatiality of migration narratives is multi-scalar; it can relate to belonging on a national, political scale, represent locality dynamics, more small-scale, personal experiences of migration, or even the material narratives of migration, such as stories of significant objects and material culture.
Teichmuller Theory and its Interactions in Mathematics and PhysicsThis ESF-EMS-ERCOM Conference aims to highlight some of the most important advances in Teichmüller theory. This theory will be considered both from the geometric point of view (Thurston's theory and its ramifications) and from the analytic point of view (the Ahlfors-Bers theory and its ramifications). The relation with physics will also be emphasized.
Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy Conference The conference includes both basic science of relevance for energy/environmental technology and more application oriented research. The objective is to gather experts in the respective fields at one conference, with the aim to make both an inventory and exposure of the state-of-the-art N&N based energy research, technologies and opportunities.
ECRP VI (2010) - Call for Proposals The 2010 ECRP Call for Proposals in the social sciences (ECRP VI) was launched by the European Science Foundation with the support of 20 ECRP funding organisations (EFOs) in 19 countries.
Following recommendations from the Science Advisory Board, the ESF has decided to terminate the development of the two EUROCORES Programmes: EuroSafeART (Evaluating the safety of human Assisted Reproduction Technologies: a multidisciplinary approach) and EuroCYNAT (The Nature of Cyberbullying: Prevalence, developmental precursors, longitudinal course, and prevent ion and intervention strategies).
Quantum Engineering of States and Devices: Theory and Experiments The Conference is organized to facilitate the achievement of scientific excellence within European countries in the rapidly growing field of quantum engineering by providing a programme where leading scientists and young researchers from diverse physics communities will get a chance to present their work, to discuss scientific understanding and recent developments in complementary areas of physics relevant for the quantum engineering of entangled states and quantum devices.
Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics: Practical Applications in Routine Medical PracticeThe ESF-UB Conference on Pharmacogenomics will concentrate this year on potentially clinically relevant polymorphisms or expression profiles which are progressively introduced in medical practice in university hospitals. Based on high level scientific communications, daily discussions will be aimed to determine which are the most relevant genetic variations to screen, in order to improve patient’s drug response.
Antiviral Applications of RNA InterferenceSome 100 participants are expected to come together from the fields of RNAi research and virology to present their latest findings on RNAi-virus interactions, as well as the progress in the development of RNAi-based antiviral therapeutics. One of the big questions that will be addressed concerns the role of RNAi in natural antiviral defence mechanisms in mammals. In addition, new solutions to improve the efficacy and safety of RNAi-based antiviral drugs will be presented.
Algebraic Methods in Dynamical SystemsThe conference is intended to give an account of the new results concerning algebraic methods in dynamical systems. Morales-Ramis theorem establishing the quasi-abelianity of the differential Galois group of the variational equation along a particular solution of a meromorphically completely integrable Hamiltonian system have led during the recent years to a big number of new results on non-integrability of Hamiltonian systems.
B Cells and Protection: Back to BasicsMicrobes populated the earth long before any eukariotic cell. Therefore, in order to survive, mono and multi-cellular organisms had to develop mechanisms of adaptation, cohabitation and defense against bacteria, fungi and viruses. One of these mechanisms is mediated by immunoglobulins in the serum and at mucosal surfaces. B cells and their antibodies, both natural and adaptive, play a fundamental role in the immediate and late defence against microbes and in the control of the commensal microflora.
Call for Papers on Joint Programmes at Doctoral LevelThe Call for Papers on Joint Programmes at dosctoral Level launched within the JOIMAN Network (Joint Degree Management and Administration Network). The texts and procedures can be found in the JOIMAN web site www.joiman.eu
RNP-2009 Call for ProposalsAn ESF Research Networking Programme is a networking activity bringing together nationally funded research activities for four to five years, to address a major scientific issue or a science-driven topic of research infrastructure, at the European level with the aim of advancing the frontiers of science.
Open Calls for 2011 Research ConferencesThe European Science Foundation invites scientists to submit proposals for high-level research conferences to take place
in 2011 within the framework of its
Research Conferences Scheme in the following scientific domains:
Molecular Biology +;
Brain, Technology and Cognition;
Mathematics; Physics/Biophysics and Environmental Sciences;
Social Sciences and Humanities.
The Origin of Galaxies: lessons from the distant universeTwo years ago a meeting was held to prepare observing with three major new facilities that are providing European astronomers with data in the sub-mm and far-IR wavebands: the Herschel Space Observatory (HSO), SCUBA-2 on the renewed James Clark Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), and part of the Atacama Large Millimetre Array (ALMA). The meeting was focused on the science topic of the origin of galaxies, which benefits especially from data taken using these new telescopes...
CO2 Geological Storage: latest progress Capturing CO2 at large industrial plants and storing it underground in deep geological layers is a top priority in the race to significantly reduce atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), thus helping to mitigate climate change and ocean acidification. By storing CO2 underground, the carbon released through burning coal, oil and gas is returned back to where it was extracted, rather than releasing it into the atmosphere...
Systems Chemistry II: evolution and systems The conference will cover systems chemistry, evolutionary economics, possible evolutionary approaches to brain dynamics and conceptualisations of linguistic phenomena which apply the idea of evolutionary units and the Darwinian dynamics into areas where such thinking is novel and surprising. The aim is bring together experts from all these fields in order to approach the power of evolutionary thought in many of its ramifications...
Philosophy for Science in Use This conference is to discuss how current philosophy of science can be brought more in line with the need to understand, analyze and contribute to scientific endeavours in its various practical and socially relevant uses...
Natural Products Chemistry, Biology and Medicine IIThis conference will focus on the combination and interaction of natural products, drug discovery, synthetic chemistry, and biotransformation. This allows for attractive routes to prepare complex compounds able to mitigate biological processes that may lead to improved treatments for various diseases. The conference will cover the latest advances in our understanding of the importance of natural products within combinatorial chemistry. Related areas such as chemical synthesis technologies and isolation biotechnology will be addressed as well...
The perfect body: Between Normativity and ConsumerismEnhancement, paraphrased as the improvement of desired characteristics, means to apply a certain focus on abilities, capacities and quality of life. These categories can be viewed and defined from different value-driven perspectives which are based upon certain viewpoints on what constitutes "normality"...
Better health and prosperity in Europe via improved clinical research Improved patient-oriented research in Europe will benefit European citizens and the European medical industry and facilitate the transfer of scientific discoveries from the laboratory bench to the bedside. For Europe and for the rest of the world this effort will be of great importance for the quality of life of individuals and the wellbeing of society as a whole.
ESF Exploratory Workshops - 2009 Call for Proposals ESF Exploratory Workshops awards are intended for small, interactive and output-oriented discussion meetings of maximum 30 participants and up to a maximum value of 15000 EUR. Awards are for workshops to be held in the calendar year 2010 (1 February - 31 December).
Biobanks will provide "electronic specimens" for medical research Future medical research will focus increasingly on electronic data, with less need both for laboratory animals and tissue samples. This long term trend emerged at a recent conference on biobanking organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF), which dealt with the challenges posed by the growing scale and complexity of research in the life sciences.
European Conference on Synthetic Biology (ECSB) II: Design, Programming and Optimisation of Biological Systems The field of synthetic biology holds a great promise for the design, construction and development of biological systems (artificial or modified), by offering viable new routes to genetically modified organisms, smart drugs and hybrid computational-biological devices. The informed manipulation of such biological systems could have an enormous positive impact on our societies, with its effects being felt across a range of activities such as the provision of healthcare, environmental protection and remediation to the construction of smarter more ubiquitous bio-integrated computing systems, etc.
Spatio-Temporal Radiation Biology: Transdisciplinary Advances for Biomedical Applications This ESF-EMBO Conference aims to create a timely forum for multi-disciplinary discussions of recent developments in the ionising radiation effects on integrated living systems, from molecular to tissular scales, bringing together physicists, chemists, biochemists, biologists, genetics experts as well as physicians with a common interest in using different radiation sources and advanced techniques to explore transdisciplinary aspects of modern radiation biology and related biomedical applications.
Biological Surfaces and Interfaces Interfaces between synthetic materials and biological systems biointerfaces constitute one of the most dynamic and expanding fields in science and technology. The field is driven both by a number of growing industrial and clinical applications medical implants, biosensors and biochips, regenerative medicine, drug screening and targeting - and by the desire to understand biointerface processes at a fundamental level. It is by definition highly interdisciplinary, spanning across the disciplines of physics, materials science & engineering, chemistry, biology, bioinformatics and medicine. Education of today's students in a stimulating environment and with an interdisciplinary approach is a key factor for propelling this field forward.
Podcast: Professor Jrn Thiede on the European Research Icebreaker Aurora Borealis Professor Jrn Thiede from the University of Kopenhagen, who is also the former director of the Alfred Wegener Institute (1997- 2007), speaks about the European Research Icebreaker Aurora Borealis. The development of Aurora Borealis, the first European research vessel for the Arctic, is the main objective of the new 7th Framework Programme (FP7) project ERICON, coordinated by the European Polar Board (EPB). Aurora Borealis will be a unique vessel, a combination of a heavy icebreaker, a scientific drilling ship and a multi-purpose research platform that can operate year-round in all polar waters.
The University of the Future In a world where economies are increasingly dependent upon high-level knowledge, higher education is a key national resource. But a Forward Look initiated by the European Science Foundation (ESF) shows that we need to know more about how universities, and other higher education institutions, are changing in the 21st century.
RNA emerges from DNA's shadow RNA, the transporter of genetic information within the cell, has emerged from the shadow of DNA to become one of the hottest research areas of molecular biology, with implications for many diseases as well as understanding of evolution. But the field is complex, requiring access to the latest equipment and techniques of imaging, gene expression analysis and bioinformatics, as well as cross-pollination between multiple scientific disciplines. This has led to a major European push to bring the field together via a network of overlapping multidisciplinary projects, spearheaded by the European Science Foundation (ESF) with its EUROCORES Programme RNAQuality.
Multitasking nanotechnology Tiny electronically active chemicals can be made to form ordered layers on a surface, thanks to research supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) through the EUROCORES programne SONS 2 (Self-Organised NanoStructures).
Europe's biobanks need urgent coordination, scientists say Leading European scientists say that there is an urgent need for greater coordination and harmonisation between Europe's biobanks repositories of genetic and other information from large numbers of people that can be used to investigate complex diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's. To enable this, there should also be closer coordination amongst funding agencies and between regulatory authorities, as well as increased and sustained funding for biobanks. This will optimise the development of a harmonised legal and ethical framework for their operation, researchers say.
Call for ESF-FWF Conference on Chemical Control with Electrons and Photons This conference will bring together leading experts from the fields of
electron-,
laser-, and
plasma-driven chemical processing. Despite their common goals and synergies between the different approaches (e.g in understanding molecular dissociation dynamics and fragmentation patterns)
this is the first time in any international research forum that the different communities exploring routes to chemical control will be brought together at a single dedicated research conference.
ESF-COST High Level Research Conference on Systems Chemistry Systems Chemistry is the joint effort of prebiotic and supramolecular chemistry together with theoretical biology and complex systems research to address problems relating to the origin and synthesis of life. The emerging field can be viewed as the bottom up pendant of systems biology towards synthetic biology.
ESF-FWF Conference on New Challenges in Earthquake Dynamics: Observing and Modelling a Multi-Scale System The aim of this conference is to discuss the recent advances in earthquake physics, in particular relating to earthquake interactions (observations, models). An emphasis will be given on the role of small scale processes and structures in controlling large scale earthquakes and regional seismicity. It will promote new, exploratory discussions on how to reconcile large scale regional models with small-scale controls on stress and seismicity.
ESF-UB Conference in Biomedicine NANOMEDICINE 2008 The European Science Foundation (ESF) in 2003-2005 undertook a Forward Look on Nanomedicine, defining the current status and future prospects in this new and important emerging field. The 2008 Nanomedicine Conference is the natural evolution of that road bringing together a diversified public in order to integrate converging science in the biomedical applications using nanotechnology.
Call for Expressions of Interest for Human in Outer Space All Expressions of Interest received will be synthesized in order to identify key topics of interest to be developed at the European level. The most engaging ideas will be pursued in a collaborative way through ESF-managed workshop(s) to be held in 2008 / 2009.
Call for proposals - COST COST brings together researchers and experts in different countries working on specific topics. It finances networking of nationally funded activities in supporting meetings, conferences, short term scientific exchanges and outreach activities and is organised in nine broad Domains.
COST invites proposals for Actions contributing to the scientific, technological, economic, cultural or societal development of Europe. Proposals playing a precursor role for other European programmes and/or initiated by early-stage researchers are especially welcome.
European Latsis Prize 2008 The European Science Foundation invites nominations for the European Latsis Prize 2008. The Prize, of a value of 100,000 Swiss Francs, is presented each year by the International Latsis Foundation at the ESF Annual Assembly to a scientist or research group in recognition of outstanding and innovative contributions in a selected field of research. The research field for the 2008 Prize is Astrophysics'.
Call for Proposals ESF Exploratory Workshops ESF Exploratory Workshops awards are intended for small, interactive and output-oriented discussion meetings of maximum 30 participants and up to a maximum value of 15000 EUR. Awards are for workshops to be held in the calendar year 2009 (1 February - 31 December).
Call for Proposals for new EUROCORES Programmes (EUROCORES Themes) The European Science Foundation (ESF) wishes to contribute to the European Research Area via its EUROCORES Scheme. ESF is inviting well developed proposals for new EUROCORES Programmes (EUROCORES themes). It is envisaged that ESF will select about 5 EUROCORES theme proposals from this Call for further development into Open Calls for proposals.
- Biology+: Biology at the Interface with Other Science Disciplines (up to 5 conferences)
- Physics/Biophysics and Environmental Sciences (up to 5 conferences)
The ESF Research Conferences Call for Proposals is now open The European Science Foundation invites European scientists to submit proposals for high-level research conferences to take place in 2010 within the framework of its Research Conferences Scheme (www.esf.org/conferences). The ESF Research Conferences Scheme provides the opportunity for leading scientists and younger researchers to meet for discussions on the most recent developments in their fields of research. ESF Research Conferences are open to scientists world-wide, whether from academia or industry. Conferences generally last for four or five days and up to 150 participants and invited speakers may attend.
Professor Marja Makarow becomes new CEO for the European Science Foundation Over the past decade, Makarow, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and former Vice-Rector for Research of the University of Helsinki, has been in positions of trust serving a number of national and intergovernmental research funding and research performing organisations in Europe. In Finland she is a member of the National Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy reporting to the Ministries and Parliament.
Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy Topical areas covered by this conference are those where N&N will, or may, have an impact on the development of a sustainable energy system, including environmental aspects. The conference includes both basic science of relevance for energy/environmental technology and more application oriented research. The objective is to gather experts in the respective fields at one conference, with the aim to make both an inventory and exposure of the state-of-the-art N&N based energy research, technologies and opportunities.
B CELLS 2008: COMPLEXITY, INTEGRATION AND TRANSLATION B CELLS 2008: COMPLEXITY, INTEGRATION and TRANSLATION considers B cells in all their colours. Knowledge of B-cell behaviour is a central Public Health issue; not least in relation to vaccines and therapy. B cells also contribute to autoimmune disease while B-cell tumors constitute the majority of haematological cancers.
Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics: Adverse Drug Reactions Adverse drug reactions are a major problem for healthcare services, the pharmaceutical industry and regulators. This has been highlighted recently with some high-profile drug withdrawals and regulatory decisions. There is an urgent need to develop strategies to reduce the burden of adverse drug reaction this needs to apply to both drug development (to reduce the rate of attrition) and during clinical use (to reduce patient morbidity, mortality, costs to healthcare, and drug withdrawals).
EuroBioFund Third Call for Expressions of Interest EuroBioFund has launched a third Call for Expressions of Interest for EuroBioForum, which will be held on 18-19 September 2008 in Strasbourg, France. Expressions of Interest are invited from researchers on ideas for pan-European large-scale research programmes addressing future challenges in life sciences research and demanding a coordinated funding policy at the European level to reach the necessary critical mass of expertise and funding resources.
Natural Products Chemistry, Biology and Medicine The conference will primarily focus on the synthesis, biology and medicine of naturally occurring substances and their designed molecules as well as related areas, such as chemical synthesis technologies and isolation. The meeting will serve to bring together researchers from several parts of the EU and from around the world to discuss the latest developments in the field and to provide opportunities for young students to advance their education and training.
Quantum Optics: From Photons and Atoms to Molecules and Solid State Systems Quantum physics is fundamental for our understanding of nature, and it has thus been central for the development of new methods and technologies. Devices and applications are in general governed by classical physics, but more and more their basis is in the quantum world. Modern developments in the field of quantum optics and solid state physics show that quantum systems per se can be useful devices. The meeting is not just planned as a place to show results but will serve as the crystallization point for many new ideas in this rapidly developing field and provided a forum for building collaborations.
Experimental Cognitive Robotics The ESF-JSPS Frontier Science Conference Series for Young Researchers will illuminate the crossroads of science and technology by inviting young researchers who are actively working in the fields of cognitive science and robotics, as well as those who are interested in learning these subjects. The lecturers are eminent researchers leading the fields in Europe and Japan. The week-long series of lectures, discussions, and communication aim not only at providing young researchers with the state-of-the-art knowledge, but also at injecting them the fuel of intellectual curiosity to go beyond the crossroads.
EuroBioForum Recent developments in systems biology of metabolic syndrome; bacterial pathogenesis; infectious diseases; cardiovascular biology; assuring safety without animal testing; and neuroimaging. If you want to participate and discuss Europe's next strategic activities register now at www.esf.org/eurobiofund/lisbon
ESF meeting sets cornerstone for science communication Scientists are not generally regarded as good communicators when it comes to explaining their research to the outside world. Hence the European Science Foundation (ESF) decided to hold a communications network meeting this week in Strasbourg, France to facilitate a forum for communication practitioners from various European science organisations and academies to discuss their challenges and ideas.
Paving the way for future pan-European Clinical Trials Pan-European collaboration is important for many clinical trials and essential for trials that are investigating treatments for rare diseases. For many rare conditions, there are insufficient numbers of patients in any single country to allow meaningful clinical trials to seek better treatments. To overcome this problem the ESF programme called Pan-European Clinical Trials (ECT) has seen the successful launch of two trials into rare bone conditions, osteosarcoma and fibrous dysplasia.
The new COST contract under FP7 was signed by the European Commission The new COST contract under FP7 was signed by the European Commission. This same contract had first been signed on the ESF side on 25 July, after final approval by the ESF Reference Group. This contract covers the first 12 months of COST operations under FP7 between 2 June 2007 and 1 June 2008 with a budget of 30 M. This initial agreement will be continued smoothly through appropriate amendments along the FP7 period until June 2014 with an overall funding of at least 210 M.
ESF's Humans in Outer Space Interdisciplinary Odysseys It will be the first comprehensive trans-disciplinary dialogue on humans in outer space. It shall open up new perpectives in assessing humankind's present and future outside the Earth and document this in a "Vienna Vision on Humans in Outer Space".
Closing date for application: 14 September 2007.
ESF's Forward Look reaches out beyond the endless frontiers In the development process for future Forward Look topics, the ESF has recognised the scientific community should play a more active role. In accordance with this approach a new set of selection procedures for Forward Look topics have therefore been adapted to ensure a careful choice, while taking into account their relevance at an international level.
ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA A promising new line in anti-cancer therapy by blocking the molecular motors involved in copying genetic information during cell division is being pursued by young Dutch researcher Dr. Nynke Dekker in one of this year's EURYI award winning projects sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Heads of Research Councils (EuroHORCS).
New Breakthroughs in Geological Dating Imminent A breakthrough in geological dating can be expected within the next few years, combining existing methods to yield higher accuracy over longer time scales closer to the earth's origin. This will bring great benefits not just for earth sciences, but also for other fields that rely on accurate dating over geological time. The developments ushering in a new generation of dating methods were discussed at a recent workshop on geochronological timing organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF).
Frontiers of Functional Genomics (FFG)
Call for Science Meetings to be held in 2008: Deadline for application: 28 September 2007.
Call for Short Visit and Exchange Grants to be held in 2008: Deadline for application: 28 September 2007.
Functional Dynamics in Complex Chemical and Biological Systems (FUNCDYN)
Open Call for Short Visit and Exchange Grants: Deadlines for application: 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December..
ESF-LESC Travel Grants (2)
A number of ESF-LESC travel grants are available, principally aimed at European young researchers, to support their active participation in the following event:
Algebraic Aspects in Geometry ESF Mathematics Conference in Poland in partnership with MSHE and The Institute of Mathematics (PAN) Algebraic Aspects in Geometry is the second ESF Mathematical Conference in Poland organized in partnership with the Polish Ministry for Science and Higher Education and the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Conference will focus upon current advances and issues, as well as on longterm developments at the interface of Geometry, Algebra, and Theoretical Physics.
Probing Interactions between Nanoparticles/Biomaterials and Biological Systems Alternative Approaches to Bio- and Nano-Safety In this conference we seek to discuss the consequences of protein-adsorption on a surface in a manner that is appropriate for future study by physical, biological and medical sciences, and particularly as a paradigm on which to base the emerging field of Nanotoxicology, as here the amount of surface available to interact with proteins and cells is enormous.
2007 Call for ESF Research Networking Programmes proposals ESF Research Networking Programmes are networking activities bringing together nationally funded research activities for four to five years, to address major scientific issues or science-driven topics of research infrastructure at the European level with the aim of advancing the frontiers of science.
ESF-FWF SYMPOSIUM (in partnership with LFUI) on WATER INTERFACES IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY: A multi-disciplinary approach The main objective of this conference is to develop a multi-disciplinary presentation and discussion that focuses on the properties of water (and ice) in proximity to different types of interface. Interfacial water/ice covers a wide range of subject areas and is an emerging field of topical interest. The participating scientists will be drawn from areas of physics, chemistry and biosciences where water plays a significant role in the behaviour of the local and intermediate range order, characteristic of the assembly.
ESF-EMBO Symposium - Three Dimensional Sensory and Motor Space: Perceptual Consequences of Motor Action The aim of this conference is to bring together experienced and young researchers from various disciplines (psychology, biology, neuroscience, physics) that are interested in the perceptual consequences of motor action. Time will be alloted to poster presentations (to be selected from abstracts). The conference will be held on 6-11 October 2007, in Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
ESF Mathematics Conferences in Poland in partnership with MSHE and The Institute of Mathematics (PAN) - Control, Constraints and Quanta The aim of the conference is to exchange ideas developed and being developed in three fields: geometric nonlinear control theory, geometrical mechanics, and geometry of quantum systems. The three topics use similar tools from differential geometry and may offer to each other new methods and ideas.
Assessment for basic research needs fine tuning, policy experts say Assessing the impact of basic science in terms of economic returns can be a futile and self-defeating exercise, according to economist Wolfgang Polt of the Joanneum Research Institute (Vienna).
ESF-LiU Conference - PATHWAYS OF HUMAN DIGNITY: FROM CULTURAL TRADITIONS TO A NEW PARADIGM Pathways to Human Dignity is the final conference in a series of workshops, organized by the European Science Foundation and the University of Linkping, the International Union of Academies, the UNESCO, the International Social Science Council, the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, the Institute for Catalan Studies and the Netherlands Research School for Practical Philosophy. The conference aims to bring together the various perspectives on and debates over human dignity and to identify, from the perspectives of different disciplines, what further research is needed.
Public Goods, Public Projects, Externalities (PGPPE) Research Networking Programme Launched last year, and chaired by Professor Monique Florenzano of the University of Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne, PGPPE is looking at how to advance economic theory in the areas of public goods and services, which influence policy decisions surrounding certain essential questions. The outcome of the Programme will be the creation and development of a research network mixing theorists, specialists from the fields of political economy and the history of economic analysis, as well as practitioners of public economics. See the webpage for more information, or download the Programme brochure.
Globalizing Europe Economic History Network (GLOBALEURONET) Research Networking Programme Professor Stefano Battilossi, from the Universidad Carlos in III Madrid, gave an update on progress within this Programme at the recent SCSS Plenary meeting. Strategic initiatives include new comparative economic history, Europe-wide data bases, aims to enhance a generational takeover and promote excellence through an integrated training of post-graduate students. To address these, GLOBALEURONET has identified Priority Areas and set up Organising Teams, Methodological Workshops and Research Seminars, plus a series of Exchange visit grants. Alongside the ESF webpage, GLOBALEURONET also has a separate website where you can check out activities and opportunities and subscribe to a newsletter.
EUROSCIENCE OPEN FORUM 2008 (ESOF2008) The EuroScience Open Forum is an interdisciplinary, dynamic and innovative European event that the ESF has been involved in since it was created in 2004. The third in the series ESOF2008 - will take place in Barcelona in 18-22 July 2008.
Electronic Democracy: Achievements and Challenges Conference The conference will be chaired by Professor Herbert Kubicek, from the University of Bremen (Germany) and sets out to assess the state-of-the-art of social science research on Electronic Democracy (eDemocracy) and to identify theoretical and methodological challenges for the future research agenda.
ESF-EMBO Symposium - Biomagnetism and Magnetic Biosystems based on Molecular Recognition Processes Sessions will focus on: Challenges in Bioassays; Biomagnetism I; Biomagnetism II; Medically Adapted Magnetic Materials; Microfluidics & Biosensor Arrays; Magnetic Biosensors & Biological Applications; Magnetic Devices for High Throughput Clinical Diagnostics; Biomagnetic Devices for Gene Sequencing; Commercial Exploitation. 22-27 September 2007, Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
ESF-LESC TRAVEL GRANTS FOR WCRP WORKSHOP ON SEASONAL PREDICTION A limited number of ESF-LESC travel grants are available, principally aimed at European young researchers, to support their active participation in the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Workshop on Seasonal Prediction in Barcelona, Spain, on 4-7 June 2007: www.clivar.org/organization/wgsip/spw/main.html. The event is supported by the Catalan Meteorological Service, the International Climate Variabiligy and Predictability (CLIVAR) Project Office and ESF-LESC (www.esf.org/lesc).
ESF-IfW Conference on the Global Health Economy Call for Applications The International Regulation of New Medical Technology: Health, Technology Adoption in the European Union, the US, East Asia and in the Developing World
Scientific programme and application form available from www.esf.org/conferences/07237.
Closing date for application & abstract submission: extended to 6 April 2007.
Financial support: grants to cover the conference fee and a generous contribution towards travel costs will be available for the best young applicants.
*Romania is interested in 3 of these EUROCORES Programmes: TOPO-EUROPE, LogICCC and HumVIB.
Call for EUROCORES themes 2007
The ESF wishes to contribute to the European Research Area via its EUROCORES Scheme. ESF is inviting well developed proposals for new EUROCORES Programmes (EUROCORES themes) by the deadline of 1 June 2007 (12:00 am CET). It is envisaged that ESF will select about 5 EUROCORES theme proposals from this call for further development.
2007 Call for Proposal for workshops to be held in 2008
ESF Exploratory Workshops - 2007 Call for Proposals - for workshops to be held between 1 January and 31 December 2008. Deadline for submitting proposals is 27 April 2007.
EUROCORES Calls for Outline Proposals The EUCORES Calls for Outline Proposals for 6 new EUROCORES Programmes is now open. The ESF has published the Calls for Outline Proposals for 6 new EUROCORES Programmes: TOPO-EUROPE, FANAS, EuroQUASAR, EuroSTRESS, LogICCC and HumVIB (*)
ESF Research Conferences The ESF Research Conferences Scheme is a high-level conference programme in partnership with national and international organizations, including universities. The Scheme provides the opportunity for the world's leading scientists and other participants, including young researchers, to meet in an informal setting for discussions at the highest level on the most recent developments in their fields of research.
Call for Awards to participate in the ESF Humanities Spring 2007 Young Researchers Forum 2007 The ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities (SCH) invites the next generation of leading scholars in the Humanities (young researchers) to participate in a three-day new horizons workshop in Granada (Spain), 24-26 May 2007.
European Science Foundation: Calendar of 2007 CallsThe European Science Foundation has produced a Calendar of 2007 Calls, which can be downloaded from http://www.esf.org. It is also published on http://www.esf.org, along with other exciting opportunities within the social sciences and a link to an external announcements' page with notices of other calls, conferences, summer schools, etc.
COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research): Open Call for Proposals COST invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives. COST invites proposals for new COST Actions contributing to the scientific, economic, cultural or societal development of Europe. For further information, please see www.cost.esf.org.
Call for Participants for the QMMS2 Applications are invited for places on four Summer Schools to be run in summer 2010, supported by the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences 2 programme of the European Science Foundation. These will provide opportunities for junior researchers to undertake high-level training in the latest developments in quantitative methods. They will also enable researchers to interact and share ideas and expertise based upon recent research.
