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For over 50 years, ESF (European Science Foundation) has been a trusted partner for research management in Europe and beyond. As a non-governmental, non-profit association, we connect researchers and implement innovative solutions to strengthen the European scientific landscape. Our main activities include: • Research quality assessment and grant evaluation • Support and hosting for scientific structures and networks • Management of research funding programmes • European project coordination, management and communication With an international, multilingual, highly qualified and dynamic team, ESF's ambition is to become the premier provider of independent science support services in Europe. If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding career, visit our website to find out our current vacancies: https://www.esf.org/careers/careers-at-esf/ In the frame of our growing research grant evaluation partnerships we are frequently looking for PhD holders with a minimum of 2-3 years of experience to join our pool of “Research Associate Consultants”. For more information about this job opportunity, please visit: https://www.esf.org/careers/research-associates-associate-consultants/

The Royal Society is the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, and has been at the forefront of enquiry and discovery since its foundation in 1660. The backbone of the Society is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists of the day, elected by peer review for life and entitled to use FRS after their name. There are currently more than 60 Nobel Laureates amongst the Society's approximately 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members. Throughout its history, the Society has promoted excellence in science through its Fellowship and Foreign Membership, which has included Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, Francis Crick, James Watson and Stephen Hawking. The Society is independent of government, as it has been throughout its existence, by virtue of its Royal Charters. In 1663, The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge was granted its Arms and adopted the motto "Nullius in verba", an expression of its enduring commitment to empirical evidence as the basis of knowledge about the natural world. The Society's activities include influencing science and education policy, funding leading researchers, publishing journals that span all the sciences and the history of science, and the provision of science communication activities for a variety of public audiences.

The COST Association is a not-for-profit international association under Belgian law. It is in charge of funding, organising, managing and promoting COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) activities. COST is an EU-funded programme that enables researchers to set up their interdisciplinary research networks known as COST Actions. We provide funds for organising conferences, meetings, training schools, short scientific exchanges or other networking activities in a wide range of scientific topics. By creating open spaces where people and ideas can grow, we unlock the full potential of science.