http://support.epws.org Support EPWS Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:36:10 +0000 http://support.epws.org en http://support.epws.org/European-Commission http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/European-Commission Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:36:10 +0000 Support EPWS 2172563 Under Action Nr. 24, the Commission announced its intention to set up a European Platform of Women Scientists which would be committed to promoting gender equality in scientific research, in order to enhance the participation of women in research and their active involvement in the policy process at European level. An open call for the establishment of the European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS was published in September 2003 under the Sixth European Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP6). In February 2005 the contract between the European Commission and Center of Excellence Women and Science CEWS [insert link to CEWS] in Bonn took effect. The FP6 Specific Support Action (PLATWOMSCI) aiming at the creation and establishment of the Platform, ran from 1 February 2005 to 31 October 2008. In recognition of its successful performance, increasing impact, high visibility at European level, and the acknowledged necessity of its work, the Platform was listed as named recipient in the Capacities Science in Society Work Programme 2008 under the Seventh European Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7). Under this current funding scheme, EPWS receives funding for project activities, not for the running costs of the Platform, and has to match the Commission funding with 20% co-funding as well as pre-finance the last instalment on its own accord. Website DG Research - Science in Society http://support.epws.org/Advanced-Research-Centre-for-Health-Environment-and-Space-ARCHES http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/Advanced-Research-Centre-for-Health-Environment-and-Space-ARCHES Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:15:36 +0000 Support EPWS 2336054 In line with the Lisbon Strategy, ARCHES aims above all at the creation of knowledge by establishing collaborations with universities and research centres and by promoting the training of young scientists. It also promotes the recognition of female talent in science and the carreer of women in scientific research. Through its Dutch office, ARCHES has joined the European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS) as supporting organisation. ARCHES has the capacity to make connections with the global research community, with industry and with European institutions at all levels. Its main goal is to foster the co-operation of key stakeholders to actively contribute to the advancement of knowledge and to the development and implementation of policies regarding research and innovation in the EU. In order to achieve this goal, the following objectives are pursued: Collection of innovative ideas in the field of fundamental and applied research. Assessment of the ideas in terms of feasibility in close co-operation with academic and industrial partners. Aggregation of competencies and resources necessary to carry out high quality projects. Preparation of the project proposals for the implementation of the ideas. Active participation in research and knowledge transfer activities ARCHES website http://support.epws.org/National-Institute-of-Biology-Slovenia http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/National-Institute-of-Biology-Slovenia Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:39:54 +0000 Support EPWS 2336018 The National Institute of Biology of Slovenia has been operating and developing since 1960. The core activity of the Institute is basic and applied research in various areas of biology - ecology, plant and animal physiology and medicine. Education is one of the most important parallel activities of the National Institute of Biology and includes foremost education of young scientists and co-operation in the pedagogic process of higher-education organisations in Slovenia. Website http://support.epws.org/CNRS-Mission-pour-la-place-des-femmes http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/CNRS-Mission-pour-la-place-des-femmes Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:25:04 +0000 Support EPWS 2335954 In April 2001, as a law for gender parity in politics had just passed in France, CNRS rose to a new challenge. To improve the equilibrium between men and women, it launched a new approach and supports its policy with the necessary means: CNRS Director General created and chaired a Steering committee to investigate “Disciplines, Professions, Careers and Gender: The place of women at CNRS”. The committee’s task was to design and implement an action plan for the promotion of the role of women at CNRS, to ensure the coherence of all activities undertaken in this regard, to give its opinion on the conditions of their implementation, to coordinated the procedures, evaluate the results and propose all useful measures as likely to promote the place of women at CNRS. Website http://support.epws.org/Gender-Equality-Officers-in-Higher-Education-in-Schleswig-Holstein http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/Gender-Equality-Officers-in-Higher-Education-in-Schleswig-Holstein Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:00:00 +0000 Support EPWS 2335909 The Gender Equality Officers in Higher Education have the legal mission to support institutes of higher education to contribute to equal opportunities in science and research, to take measures to counter existing disadvantages for their female members and to work towards an increase in the participation of women in science and research. http://support.epws.org/Institute-of-Physics http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/Institute-of-Physics Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:55:50 +0000 Support EPWS 2335895 The Institute's mission is to advance physics in order to further understanding of the physical world and its application for economic and social benefit; to promote interest and participation in physics across society as a whole and to support and involve physicists throughout their education and careers. Its vision is to be a strong and inclusive scientific membership organisation, which makes the greatest contribution to advancing physics and ensuring that physics delivers significant economic and social benefits. The Institute’s Women in Physics Group is a full member of EPWS. The Group is part of the Institute of Physics, which is a scientific membership organisation devoted to increasing the understanding and application of physics and which has an extensive worldwide membership (currently over 34,000). The Women in Physics Group aims at promoting equal career opportunities for women physicists, at supporting and encouraging women scientists in their careers, at encouraging women to return to their scientific career, at presenting physics as an attractive career option for schoolgirls and to raising the profile of women in physics. Women in Physics Group Website IOP's Website http://support.epws.org/Donne-e-Scienza http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/Donne-e-Scienza Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:50:37 +0000 Support EPWS 2335856 Association Donne e Scienza was funded in December 2003 by a group of scientists and scholars from several disciplines. Since the Eighties this group of women has promoted activities on women in science and has developed it's own analysis of contemporary science. Those activities are aimed by the main objectives of the Association Donne e Scienza: to build an Italian network of women in research in order to facilitate the communication about projects and activities and the circulation of information to collect documents and information regarding the situation of women in research institutions, regulation and policies to promote research, organize conferences and other events aimed to an in-depth understanding of the aspects concerning women's subjectivity and experience in scientific research to promote and facilitate the participation of women in science to national and international events. Donne e Scienza is a full member of EPWS. Dr. Flavia Zucco is Donne e Scienza's current President and also one of the Founding Members and member of the Board of Administration of the European Platform of Women Scientists. Donne e Scienza decided to make a financial contribution to EPWS to support the Platform’s financial sustainability. Website http://support.epws.org/Mission-pour-la-Parite-dans-l-Enseignement-Superieur-et-la-Recherche http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/Mission-pour-la-Parite-dans-l-Enseignement-Superieur-et-la-Recherche Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:43:23 +0000 Support EPWS 2335840 The Mission supported the preparation of EPWS Seminars on Networking and Funding opportunities. The objectives of the Mission are to: • Provide statistics, analyses and indicators on the respective role and position of men and women in research and higher education • Recommend measures to foster equal opportunity • Propose actions to encourage young girls to choose scientific and technological studies and careers • Participate to reflections and actions conducted at the European and member state level – including the representation of France in the Helsinki - Women and Science group; pass on European and international information to the scientific community and raise awareness about actions taken at the European and national level. Website http://support.epws.org/Leibniz-Association-of-German-Research-Institutes http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/Leibniz-Association-of-German-Research-Institutes Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:19:01 +0000 Support EPWS 2172733 The Leibniz Association of German Research Institutes sees itself as a bridge between traditional research and customer oriented breakthroughs. Many of the association's institutes were founded to solve specific social demands. The Leibniz Association is characterized by the variety of subjects and disciplines treated in the institutions. This variety allows, in particular, to bridge the gap between the humanities and social sciences as well as natural sciences, life sciences and engineering. The research museums in the Leibniz Association preserve and explore the natural and cultural heritage. They also showcase research and are places of learning, thus eliciting fascination for science. Website http://support.epws.org/Swedish-Research-Council http://support.epws.org/following/support.epws.org/Swedish-Research-Council Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:16:45 +0000 Support EPWS 2172731 The Swedish Research Council is the largest Swedish funding agency for basic research at Swedish universities, colleges and institutes. It allocates around SEK 4 bn annually for top basic research in Sweden. The Research Council commenced work on the 1 January 2001 and is an authority inside the Department of Education and Culture. The Council replaced five previous research councils: the Swedish Council for Research in the Arts and Social Sciences, the Swedish Medical Research Council, the Swedish Natural Science Research Council, the Swedish Research Council for Engineering and Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research. The Council sets great store by research communication in order to increase awareness of research content and to improve communication between researchers and society in general. Website