American Physical Society in Dallas European projects and the shaping of regional identities through research funding policies

摘要

This session was organized by the Forum on International Physics (FIP) of APS and provided an overview of major research projects and funding agencies in Europe, India, Brazil, Middle East and the US. The idea behind this session, which was chaired by G. Pancheri, member of the FIP Executive Committee, was to identify fundamental research and research funding as a powerful agent towards building regional identities. Luisa Cifarelli opened the session. She presented an overview of physics research in Europe and illustrated the role of the various funding agencies, outlining the differences and similarities between the European and the US scenarios. In Europe funding of fundamental research is based on regional, national and Intra-European agencies, with the funding by European Union (EU) playing an increasing role through a number of programmes, which she illustrated, including the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the European Research Council (ERC), the European Science Foundation (ESF), the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI).