Actions & Programmes

Our Work

Electronic Conferences
Current Programmes
Accomplished Programmes
Inter-Union Cooperations
Upcoming events
Past meetings

Our Work

IUBS conducts international collaborative research programmes in close cooperation with its Ordinary and Scientific Members. The topics of these programmes are selected on the basis of their originality and feasibility, as well as their relevance with respect to IUBS objectives, i.e. most importantly: their global scientific importance in the biological sciences and their potential to benefit from international participation. There are no restrictions on theme or applicant, although the latter must have the prior endorsement of an Ordinary or Scientific Member of IUBS. Proposals are to be submitted to the Union sufficiently in advance for peer review.

The General Assembly, convened every three years, decides on the basis of the priorities of the Union and of the recommendations of the reviewers and the Executive Committee, whether a given proposal is endorsed to become an IUBS programme. Preliminary enquires and applications can be addressed to the Executive Director at the IUBS Secretariat in Paris. The Union may provide funds to launch a programme, but the major funding is usually sought from external contracts. A scientific programme adopted by the General Assembly is normally implemented under the direct responsibility of its initiators. The Scientific Programme Committee of the General Assembly and the Officers see that the necessary conditions are fulfilled. Progress is reviewed at least once every three years. The details of the reviewing process and the nomination of reviewers are determined by the Scientific Programme Committee of the General Assembly. At the end of the defined period of the scientific programme, IUBS reviews the programme and considers whether to pursue further activities in the field.