International Relations

Nurturing and encouraging dialogue on a political, institutional and scientific level in Europe and worldwide.

As EMBL is engaged in relations with numerous institutions in its member states and beyond, maintaining and fostering close relations and dialogue with the scientific communities and government representatives are of key importance to our organisation.

These international relations are established and nurtured at a political, institutional and scientific level in Europe and worldwide.

We also lead EMBL’s engagement with the European Union’s institutions and other European Intergovernmental Research Organisations, in particular those represented in EIROforum. Additionally, we promote spreading scientific excellence through coordinating EMBL’s involvement in various ESFRI projects such as Elixir and Instruct-ERIC.

It is EMBL's firm belief that this engagement in collaborative research, shared infrastructures as well as open science and knowledge sharing are important investments for the future. With its strong focus on scientific excellence, and through the trusted networks with its member states as well as European and global partner institutes, EMBL forms the basis for successful multi-level science diplomacy.

Portfolio

Member States

EMBL is an intergovernmental organisation with support from more than 30 countries.

Institutional collaborations

Cooperative affiliations between EMBL and external institutions of comparable standard, vision, and international vision.

EIROforum

By participating in the European Intergovernmental Research Organisation forum EMBL can compare and share best practices for conducting world-class research.

European Science Policy

EMBL is uniquely positioned to provide concrete advice on how to strengthen life science research in Europe and beyond.

ESFRI Engagement

EMBL’s involvement in the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures is key to developing accessible, state-of-the-art research infrastructure.

EMBL and EOSC

Having a decade-long history as a key provider of open and FAIR data and services for the life sciences, EMBL has significantly contributed to the EOSC development.

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Member States

EU Relations

Institutional collaborations

This area is currently supported collectively by the IR team.

Operations

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With support from more than 30 countries, laboratories at six sites across Europe and thousands of scientists and engineers working together, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is a powerhouse of biological expertise. EMBL is an intergovernmental organisation, headquartered in Heidelberg, and was founded in 1974 with the mission of promoting molecular biology research in Europe, training young scientists, and developing new technologies.

EMBL currently employs more than 1800 people in Barcelona, ​​Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg, EMBL-EBI Hinxton (near Cambridge), and Rome.

Publishing hundreds of research articles and hosting dozens of conferences every year, EMBL is driving visionary fundamental research and training Europe’s future scientific talent.

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