Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- EMBC
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
In December 1965 EMBO secured a grant from the Volkswagen Foundation to fund their activities for 3 years. EMBO was keen that it’s financial support from the VW foundation
not be permanent, as it wished for its long term funding to come from all participating nations, rather than organisations belonging to just one in order to ensure its independence.
EMBO, alongside its Swiss partners, organized two “temporary” conferences attended by governmental representatives to establish a consensus for an inter-governmental organization. The two focus points of these meetings were the long-term management of EMBO’s programs, and the question of establishing a European Laboratory.
Through these two conferences the constitution of the European Molecular Biology Conference was established, and in 1970, 14 governments officially established the EMBC, which to the present day supports EMBO’s General Programme. Over the years this programme has expanded through the EMBC creating “special projects” to allow new activities to be performed under EMBO’s remit. It’s through this system that EMBL was born, as well as newer EMBO programmes like its Global Activities and Young Investigator Programme.
Places
Heidelberg.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) is an inter-governmental organization comprising 31 member states.
It funds the programmes of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) that support excellent life scientists.
EMBC and EMBO also co-operate with countries and organizations beyond Europe to foster interactions with international scientific communities.