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Introduction...... p.4
Message from the President: Professor Ian Halliday...... p. 6
Message from the Chief Executive: Professor Marja Makarow...... p. 8

2008 in Review...... p. 11

ESF Governing Bodies...... p. 17

ESF Science Structure...... p. 21
  Standing committees and their highlighted activities in 2008:
  European Medical Research Councils (EMRC)...... p. 21
  Standing Committee for the Humanities (SCH)...... p. 27
  Standing Committee for the Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences (LESC)...... p. 32
  Standing Committee for the Physical and Engineering Sciences (PESC)...... p. 38
  Standing Committee for the Social Sciences (SCSS)...... p. 43

  Expert committees and boards and their highlighted activities in 2008:
  Marine Board - ESF...... p. 48
  European Polar Board (EPB)...... p. 53
  European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC)...... p. 55
  Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies (CRAF)...... p. 60
  Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee (NuPECC) ......p. 63

ESF’s Principal Activities in 2008: Strategy...... p. 67
  Forward Looks...... p. 67
  Science Policy Briefings...... p. 71
  Member Organisation Fora ......p. 74
  Research Infrastructures...... p. 78
  Exploratory Workshops...... p. 80

ESF’s Principal Activities in 2008: Synergy...... p. 89
  EUROCORES...... p. 89
  Research Networking Programmes...... p. 113
  Research Conferences...... p. 141

ESF’s Principal Activities in 2008: Management ......p. 147

Finance and ESF Administration...... p. 157

Human Resources...... p. 171

COST...... p. 173

Member Organisations in 2008...... p. 175

Picture Credits...... p. 182

 

 

 

The establishment of the European Science Foundation (ESF) in Strasbourg in 1974 was one of the earliest milestones on the road to achieving real cooperation in European research. The ESF began life with a membership of 42 academies and research councils in 15 countries; in 2008 it numbered 77 Member Organisations (MOs), including research funding agencies, research institutions, academies and learned societies, in 30 countries. As an entirely independent, non-governmental organisation dedicated to pan-European scientific networking and collaboration, the ESF has a key role to play in mediating between a multitude of heterogeneous research cultures and agencies.

The ESF hosts an array of instruments to accommodate various types and levels of international collaboration, within Europe and beyond. The ESF’s unique characteristic in this area is its responsiveness to the scientific community, in contrast with the more directive approaches taken by the European Commission.

 

Many of the instruments operated by the ESF, e.g. Exploratory Workshops, EUROCORES (European Collaborative Research scheme), Research Networking Programmes (RNPs) and ESF Research Conferences, are designed specifically to respond to needs articulated by the research community. Open calls for proposals are published on an annual basis, so that the themes for programmes, networks and workshops are gathered from the research community, in line with the ESF’s bottom-up principles. This is particularly welcome in research areas which might not otherwise be prioritised for funding on an international level.
In recent years, the ESF’s profile has shifted from being mainly a facilitator of collaborative research and networking to also providing a platform for Member Organisations to develop joint strategic operations and synergy among themselves.

By influencing the strategic agendas of MOs in this way, greater leverage over a much larger European budget and agenda is achieved. In other words, the ESF maximizes the impact of its support to the research community by combining bottom-up and top-down approaches to scientific cooperation.

 

 

 

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