Announcement of the 2018 elected members.

Academia Europaea is pleased to report the award of the 2018 Balzan Prize to Professor Eva Kondorosi (member of the AE Board), Professor Juergen Osterhammel and Professor Marilyn Strathern.

Half-year report available now.

Advance notice: The 30th Annual Business meeting of members of the Academia Europaea will take place on 28 November 2018 at the Institut D’Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, 15:00 – 16:00.

Deadline to receive nominations is 1 October.

Academia Europaea invites its members to sign the petition.

Academia Europaea issues an OPEN LETTER to Mr Michel Barnier and Mr David Davis

Academia Europaea has expressed strong support for the recent letter signed by 153 Directors of the Max Planck Society Institutes.

On 12 April, an afternoon informal tea-party in the presence of Professor Arnold Burgen, the founding President of the Academy, was hosted at the Darwin College Cambridge in recognition of the establishment of Academia Europaea in 1988.

Letter by Sierd Cloetingh to Minister László Palkovics regarding the proposed amendment of the Law on the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Law on the 2019 State Budget of Hungary.

The Academia Europaea strongly supports the recent views expressed by the Wellcome Trust in its report "Building a Strong Future for European Science: Brexit and Beyond"

Spring 2018

Job advertisement: Head of Communications in SAPEA
Starting date: As soon as possible, ideally 1 July 2018
End date: 31 October 2020 (provisional termination of SAPEA grant)
Location: Brussels, Belgium

URGENT SAPEA call for experts.
Call for nominations for: an international Working Group, one Working Group Vice-Chair, independent reviewers, position of scientific writer, and a published report.
Deadline for response: 10 May 2018.

BarceloNews - Newsletter of the Barcelona Knowledge Hub
No. 1/2018, March 2018

Nominations are now being accepted for the second KNAW Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award. The deadline for nominations is 1 May 2018.

Physiology and Pathophysiology 2018. Symposium to mark the 75th birthday of Professor Ole Petersen, Vice President of Academia Europaea

The 2016 Hannover symposium volume on ‘University Governance and Creativity’ was now published in the European Review. All articles are open access.

World Scientific Publishing
Free access for Academia Europaea until 31 March 2018

The Sjöberg Prize 2018, is awarded to cancer researchers Zhu Chen, MAE, Anne Dejean, MAE and Hugues de Thé.

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Single Molecule Transistors and Nanodevices Department of Materials, University of Oxford
Closing Date: 18 January 2018

Lund University celebrates its 350th anniversary with an extensive programme of events and activities.

Position paper: The European Alliance for SSH calls on the EU to make an ambitious investment in Democracy and the European Social Dimension.

Call for nominations for election as Treasurer of the Academia Europaea.
Deadline for receipt of nominations is midnight on 31 October 2017.

Call for nominations for election as a Vice President of the Academia Europaea.
Deadline for receipt of nominations is midnight on 31 October 2017.

ALLEA Press Release, 19 October 2017.

Job advertisement: Senior Scientific Policy Officer
For the EU-funded project SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) acatech is seeking a full-time Senior Scientific Policy Officer (SSPO).
Application deadline: September 22, 2017

Call for participation in survey on research & Innovation in Europe.
The participation in the survey is endorsed by Academia Europaea.

Call for nominations for the Millennium Technology Prize. The nomination period will close on July 31, 2017.

Save the date: The Future of University Development Cooperation. Perspectives of Leading Research Universities.
Leuven, 2 June 2017