Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Initiative for Science in Europe
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- ISE
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
2004 -
History
The Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) is an independent association of various research organisations and scientific groups that was founded on 25th October 2004. It was initiated to promote science in the formulation of European policy making. Its first efforts were coordinated by the European Life Sciences Forum (another organization EMBO played a crucial role in founding in 2000), but EMBO also joined as a founding member. Maria Leptin (EMBO Director 2010-2021) served as the ISE’s president and Fiona Watt (EMBO Director 2021-) currently serves on the executive committee.