EIROforum

EIROforum’s biannual Directors-General Assembly took place in Brussels last week 🇧🇪 The event was hosted by EMBL, current chair of EIROforum until the end of June. The meeting brought together the Directors General of Europe’s leading intergovernmental research organisations to discuss the future of scientific cooperation. Discussions addressed how Europe’s major research infrastructures can continue to support international collaboration and strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity and competitiveness. The Assembly also welcomed distinguished external guests, including  Michiel Scheffer 🇪🇺, President of the Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC), Carthage Smith, Senior Policy Analyst and Lead Co-ordinator at OECD Global Science Forum, and Lodovico Folin Calabi, Director of UNESCO Office in Brussels and Representative to the EU. A sincere thank you to all participants and guest speakers for helping shape a shared vision for a strong, open and forward-looking European research ecosystem. CERN, EMBL, European Space Agency - ESA, European Southern Observatory, ESRF - The European Synchrotron, EUROfusion, European XFEL, ILL - Institut Laue Langevin, European Spallation Source ERIC

EIROforum welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for FP10 and its ambition to strengthen Europe’s scientific and technological leadership.   In its new statement on the future EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, EIROforum highlights four priorities for a strong, stand-alone, and excellence-driven FP10:   🔹 A strong and predictable budget: the proposed €175 billion should be regarded as a strict minimum, with FP10 remaining a coherent, legally self-standing programme.   🔹 Scientific excellence and frontier research: sustained support for fundamental research, talent development, and attractive career pathways is essential to underpin Europe’s long-term competitiveness, including in key areas such as AI.   🔹 Research infrastructures: Europe’s world-class infrastructures are strategic capabilities for discovery, innovation, and industrial uptake. Their role in FP10 should be reinforced, with a stronger dedicated work programme that prioritises the upgrading of existing infrastructures.   🔹 Open international collaboration: trusted partners and associated countries remain essential to Europe’s scientific excellence, global impact, and long-term innovation capacity.   EIROforum also stresses the importance of a clear governance and operational interface between FP10 and the European Competitiveness Fund, so that complementarities strengthen, rather than dilute, Europe’s scientific base.   Read the full statement: https://lnkd.in/danKc5Gu CERN, EMBL, European Space Agency - ESA, European Southern Observatory, ESRF - The European Synchrotron, EUROfusion, European XFEL, ILL - Institut Laue Langevin, European Spallation Source ERIC

The European Spallation Source ERIC, a multi-disciplinary research facility based on a next-generation neutron source, has joined EIROforum as its newest member. EIROforum brings together some of Europe’s largest research organisations, combining their resources, facilities, and expertise with the aim of supporting European science. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eR6ifT4i

Join us in celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🌟 We’re recognising the impact that women make across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. While the percentage of women in STEM has increased, women still make up only one-third of the global scientific workforce, according to UNESCO. In some countries, less than 10% of researchers are women. 👩🔬 To mark the occasion, we reached out to women across our member organisations and asked them what they think it takes to close the gender gap in STEM, the advice that’s made an impact on them, and the practical actions, systems, or cultural shifts they’ve seen – or helped create – that are making a real difference. What advice has made a real impact on you? 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eEMwVxFa #WomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM CERN, EMBL, European Space Agency - ESA, European Southern Observatory, ESRF - The European Synchrotron, EUROfusion, European XFEL, ILL - Institut Laue Langevin

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩🔬 In honour of today, we asked women from across our member organisations to share one piece of advice they received that helped them get to where they are today. Join the conversation and let us know what advice has made a real impact on you! 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eEMwVxFa #WomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM CERN, EMBL, European Space Agency - ESA, European Southern Observatory, ESRF - The European Synchrotron, EUROfusion, European XFEL, ILL - Institut Laue Langevin

EIROforum members send their deepest condolences to the family and friends of Professor Peer Bork, EIROforum Chair and EMBL Interim Director General, who sadly passed away on Friday 16 Jan. https://lnkd.in/dc3au7ce

🌎 It’s World Science Day for Peace and Development! To celebrate, senior leaders from across the EIROforum organisations have come together to thank those in our member states and beyond for your trust and support. Ken Andersen, General Director at Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), explains how trust in science allows ILL to use the brightest neutron beams in the world to expand boundaries of knowledge – and hopes to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. 🌐 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dQW9swf4 EIROforum brings together eight of Europe’s largest research organisations to share expertise, technology, and infrastructure across diverse scientific fields – from particle physics and space exploration to life sciences, materials research, and energy: CERN, EMBL, European Space Agency - ESA, European Southern Observatory, ESRF - The European Synchrotron, EUROfusion, European XFEL, ILL - Institut Laue Langevin. 

🌎 It’s World Science Day for Peace and Development! To celebrate, senior leaders from across the EIROforum organisations have come together to thank those in our member states and beyond for your trust and support. Sakura Pascarelli, Scientific Director at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility (European XFEL), highlighting how the trust and support of Member States has made it possible to visualise the motion of atoms and molecules for researchers around the world. 🌐Read more: https://lnkd.in/dQW9swf4 EIROforum brings together eight of Europe’s largest research organisations to share expertise, technology, and infrastructure across diverse scientific fields – from particle physics and space exploration to life sciences, materials research, and energy: CERN,  EMBL,  European Space Agency - ESA,  European Southern Observatory,  ESRF - The European Synchrotron, EUROfusion, European XFEL, ILL - Institut Laue Langevin

🌎 It’s World Science Day for Peace and Development! To celebrate, senior leaders from across the EIROforum organisations have come together to thank those in our member states and beyond for your trust and support. Gianfranco Federici, Programme Manager at EUROFusion, thanks citizens for their trust which enables Europe to lead in fusion energy, and shares the hope that the world will fully embrace fusion energy by 2050. 🌐 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dQW9swf4 EIROforum brings together eight of Europe’s largest research organisations to share expertise, technology, and infrastructure across diverse scientific fields – from particle physics and space exploration to life sciences, materials research, and energy: CERN,  EMBL,  European Space Agency - ESA,  European Southern Observatory,  ESRF - The European Synchrotron, EUROfusion, European XFEL, ILL - Institut Laue Langevin

🌎 It’s World Science Day for Peace and Development! To celebrate, senior leaders from across the EIROforum organisations have come together to thank those in our member states and beyond for your trust and support. Gema Martínez-Criado, Director of Research at the European Radiation Synchrotron Facility (ESRF), reflects on how trust in science allows researchers to improve battery efficiency for a clean energy transition and explore the fundamental chemistry behind environmental pollution. 🌐 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dQW9swf4 EIROforum brings together eight of Europe’s largest research organisations to share expertise, technology, and infrastructure across diverse scientific fields – from particle physics and space exploration to life sciences, materials research, and energy: CERN,  EMBL,  European Space Agency - ESA,  European Southern Observatory,  ESRF - The European Synchrotron, EUROfusion, European XFEL, ILL - Institut Laue Langevin.