The President

The President chairs the General Assembly and the Governing Board and represents the Organisation internally and externally. The President is elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years.

Science Europe current President is Professor Paul Boyle, who is also Chief Executive of the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

The Vice-Presidents

The President is supported by a Vice-President for Funding Organisations and a Vice-President for Performing Organisations. The Vice Presidents are elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years. The current Vice-Presidents are:

Professor André Syrota, President of INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche medicale, France)

Professor Pär Omling, President of the European Science Foundation (ESF) and former Director-General VR (Vetenskapsrådet, Swedish Research Council, Sweden)

News

(23 May 2013) Vacancy now open for for Administrative Assistant - See the VACANCIES Section

(8 May 2013) Science and Personal Data: Reconciling the Protection of Individual Rights to Privacy with the Needs of Scientific Research - See the NEWS and DOCUMENTS Sections

(29 April 2013) Increasing Access to Science Results: Science Europe Adopts Principles - See the NEWS and DOCUMENTS Sections

(24 April 2013) Science Europe announces the launch of its Scientific Committee for Medical Sciences - See the NEWS Section

(21 January 2013) Science Europe highlights the essential role of social sciences and humanities in Horizon 2020 - See the NEWS and teh DOCUMENTS Sections

(14 December 2012) Science Europe calls for excellence to be the main drive in Horizon 2020 - See the DOCUMENTS Section

(22 November 2012) A photo gallery from Science Europe One-year Anniversary celebration is now online - See NEWS Section

(14 November 2012) Science Europe calls on EU leaders to safeguard Europe’s future by protecting its research and innovation budget - See the NEWS Section

(25 October 2012) The presentations held during the European regional working group for the Global Research Council (GRC) are now available - See the POLICY Section

(22 October 2012) Open Access to Publications and Research Integrity: Keys to Research Excellence in Europe and Globally - See the NEWS Section

(17 July 2012) Science Europe signs a Joint Statement on ERA with the European Commission and Other Stakeholders - See the NEWS Section

Documents

Our Policy Documents are available here.