The Euroscience Foundation

The complete name of the Foundation is "Euroscience-Stiftung zur Förderung der europäischen Wissenschaften und Kulturen". Its goal is the promotion of European sciences and cultures by means of granting awards and funding workshops as well as to raise funds for international scientific cooperation, especially for the benefit of Euroscience.

In order to financially support the Euroscience Association and thus allow it to be representative and independent, a Foundation has been created in 2000, the head office of which is in Hanover. As there is still no legal statute of European foundations and as the German law is favourable to foundations, it was natural to turn to Germany to set up the Foundation.

Since 2001 it gives a 3000 Euros endowed European Science Writers Award to editors and writers for their achievements for the promotion of science journalism in Europe. The first award was made to Dr. Philip Campbell, editor of the British science journal Nature. Young scientists who showed interest in scientific topics have been honoured for the first time in 2004. The first Junior Award endowed with 1,000 Euros was made to the Swedish science journalist Ulrika Björksten and to the Austrian Andreas Feiertag.
 

The Board of Trustees of the Euroscience Foundation, the five members of which are Prof. Dr. Jean Pierre Bourguignon (France), Reinhold Kopp (Germany), Prof. Claude Kordon (France), Dr. Wilhelm Krull (Germany) and Prof. Dr. Carl Sundberg (Sweden), decides on the winners. 

The capital stock of the Euroscience Foundation amounts to 60,000 Euros. Private donations and profits made out of its capital investment enable the Foundation to meet its objectives. 

Euroscience members, in various countries where this is possible, are trying to raise funds for this Foundation.
 

 

Laureates of the European Science Writers Award:

 

2011

  • Tiit Kändler (Senior Award)
  • Karine Nazaretyan (Junior Award)
  • Robert Gast (Junior Award)
 
2010
  • Giovanni Caprara (Senior Award), Corriere della Sera, Italia
  • Alessia Maccaferri (Junior Award), Il Sole 24 Ore, Italia

2009
  • Dr. Alison Abbott (Senior Award),
    Science editor of the British science journal Nature; editor of the Science in Culture column in Nature's Books and Arts section
  • Dr. Bettina Gartner (Junior Award),
    Freelance science journalist fort he German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT
  • Angela Saini (Junior Award),
    Freelance science journalist of the British science journals New Scientist, Science and for BBC World Service


2008
  • José María Valderas (Senior Award),
    editor-in-chief of the science journal "Investigación y Ciencia", the Spanish edition of the "Scientific American"
  • Rabea Rentschler (Junior Award),
    freelance journalist for the German science journal "Gehirn&Geist"
  • Alok Jha (Junior Award),
    scientific correspondent of the British daily newspaper "The Guardian"
 
 

2006

  • Dr. Christina Berndt (Junior Award), Science editor of the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung
  • Miklos Hargitai (Junior Award), Science editor of the Hungarian daily newspaper Nepszabadsag
  • Bas Kast (Junior Award), Author and science editor of the German daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel
 

2004

  • Dr. Arne Ruth, Journalist, former editor in chief of the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter
  • Andreas Feiertag (Junior Award), Head of the science department of the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard
  • Ulrika Björksten (Junior Award), Swedish science editor / author
 

2003

  • Gero von Randow, Former editor in chief of the science department of the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung; today editor of the German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT
 

2001

  • Dr. Philipp Campbell, Editor of the British science Journal Nature