Science Europe
Science Europe is an association of European Research Funding Organisations (RFO) and Research Performing Organisations (RPO), based in Brussels.
http://www.scienceeurope.org/
European Science Foundation (ESF)
ESF is an association of 80 member organisations with the purpose of advancing European Research and exploring new directions for research at the European level.
http://www.esf.org
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)
The Framework Programme is the main financial tool through which the European Union supports research and development activities.
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7
European Research Council (ERC)
The ERC supports investigator-driven frontier research with the aim of stimulating scientific excellence.
http://erc.europa.eu/index.cfm
ERA-NETs
The ERA-NET scheme aims at the coordination and co-operation of national and regional research programmes and as such, it aims at the national and regional programme makers and managers.
http://ec.europa.eu
European Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST)
COST is an initiative to increase coordination of research in Europe.
Website of the SER informing about COST
http://www.sbf.admin.ch
COST-Website
http://www.cost.esf.org/
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
A Research Council based in Stockholm, which operates on an international level to enhance the scientific capacities of developing countries.
http://www.ifs.se
European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
EDCTP aims to accelerate the development of new or improved drugs, vaccines and microbicides against HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
http://www.edctp.org/