EIROforum is 'a partnership between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations' that are responsible for infrastructures and laboratories:
CERN, EFDA-JET, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, European XFEL and ILL.
It is the mission of EIROforum to combine the resources, facilities and expertise of its member organisations to support European science in reaching its full potential.
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Science Policy
EIROforum responds to the ERA Framework Consultation
In the context of the ERA Framework Consultation conducted by the European Commission, EIROforum has submitted a paper as a formal response.
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Scientific News
ESA: Herschel paints new story of galaxy evolution
The rate of star formation peaked in the early Universe, about 10 billion years ago, when some galaxies were forming stars ten or even a hundred times more frequently than our galaxy does today. Astronomers assumed that this had been true throughout history.
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Education
How I killed Pluto: Mike Brown
To change the world would be amazing enough. Mike Brown changed the Solar System.
Welcome to Science in
School, the European journal to promote inspiring science teaching by encouraging communication between teachers, scientists and everyone else involved in European science education.
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Events
International Conference on Research Infrastructures, ICRI 2012 in Copenhagen
The International Conference on Research Infrastructures, ICRI 2012, will take place under the auspices of the forthcoming Danish Presidency of the European Union, in cooperation with (and with the support of) the European Commission. The Conference will address how global research infrastructures can tackle the so-called Grand Challenges.
Outreach and Education
EUCYS 2011: EIROforum prize winners
Seven EIROforum prizes have been awarded to outstanding projects from a range of science disciplines at this year’s EU Contest for Young Scientists in Helsinki, Finland, on 27 September.
Research Collaborations
Each of the EIROforum organisations carries out world-class research in its own field. In addition, the EIROforum organisations collaborate in research projects in interdisciplinary areas.
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