EPS responds to consultation on European research funding
The European Physical Society has submitted a response to the European Commission’s consultation on the Green Paper entitled ‘Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU research and innovation funding’.
The Green Paper proposes major changes to EU research and innovation funding in order to make participation easier, to increase the scientific and economic impact and provide better value for money…
EPS makes conference proceedings available online
The proceedings of all EPS division and group conferences are to be made available to EPS members online. It is hoped that this will help intensify the links between different divisions and groups, while creating a permanent registry of EPS proceedings independent of any individual, or divisional, web server.
The facility – which has been active since March this year – was the brainchild of Carlos Hidalgo, the chair of the EPS Plasma Division, and was commissioned after being universally well received as a concept in a survey of…
Winner of the 2011 IBA Prize announced
The winner of the 2011 IBA-Europhysics Prize has been announced by the EPS Nuclear Physics Division. The awards will be presented at the first International Conference on Advances in Radioactive Isotope Science, which is taking place between 29 May and 3 June in Leuven, Belgium.
The 2011 IBA Prize for Applied Nuclear Science and Nuclear Methods in Medicine is awarded to Elisabetta Boaretto, in recognition of her significant contribution to the development of precise quality controlled radiocarbon dating…
Winners of EPS High Energy Physics Division prizes
The winners of the EPS High Energy Physics Division prizes have been announced. The awards will be presented at the 2011 Europhysics Conference on High-Energy Physics, which is being held between 21-27 July in Grenoble, France.
The 2011 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, for an outstanding contribution to the field, is awarded to Sheldon Lee Glashow, John Iliopoulos and Luciano Maiani, for their crucial contribution to the…
EPS AG Accelerator Prizes announced
The EPS Accelerator Group (EPS AG) is pleased to announce the recipients of the EPS AG Accelerator prizes of 2011. The awards will be presented at the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’11) in San Sebastian, Spain on the 4-9 September this year.
There are three main EPS AG awards: The Rolf Wideröe Prize for outstanding work in the field of accelerator physics, the Gersh Budker Prize for a recent, significant contribution to the field and the…
Editorial
Dear Readers,
I have the pleasure of introducing e-EPS, the online facts and information newsletter of the European Physical Society. Within you will find timely announcements and information about the EPS and its members, physics, events, and issues relevant to the European physics community. It complements Europhysics News, the bi-monthly magazine of the EPS…
EU consultation on Research and Innovation Funding
The European Commission has launched a consultation on major improvements to EU research and innovation funding, to make participation easier; increase scientific and economic impact; and improve value for money.
The proposed “Common Strategic Framework“, set out in a Green Paper, would cover the current Framework Programme for Research, the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology…
EAS-EPS: collaboration in the sky
We could debate endlessly as to whether astronomy is physics applied to the cosmos, and the objects found therein, or whether physics is a special branch of astrophysics, one that deals with the phenomena accessible to the laboratory. What is certain is that both sciences have deep common roots.
The communities of (particle) physics and astrophysics are getting closer now, not only in their intellectual goals, but also through the development and use of common tools, like ground based or space borne telescopes, and laboratory…
“What’s new in EU higher education initiatives?”
The Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is pleased to announce the publication of the 7th edition of the Erasmus/Jean Monnet InfoKit, entitled “What’s new in EU higher education initiatives?”
The InfoKit provides information on the new general call for proposals under the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union for 2011; other open, or forthcoming, calls for proposals of direct interest to academics, associations and universities; and EACEA activities…
News from the European Research Council
The European Research Council (ERC) has recently appointed seven new members of the Scientific Council; as well as having published the results for the advanced grants.
Further information can be found on the ERC website.
ERC Proof of Concept funding
The European Research Council (ERC) has launched a new funding initiative – the Proof of Concept Grant – which is designed to stimulate innovation.
Funding of up to 150,000 Euros per grant is being made available to researchers who already hold ERC grants, in order to bridge the gap between their present research and the earliest stages of a marketable innovation…
Intra-European Fellowship calls for proposals
The European Commission has announced new calls for proposals for Intra-European Fellowships for the career development of researchers.
The call identifier is FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF. More information on this call, and other open calls for proposals, is available on the European Commission website.
