“To advance science as a global public good” The International Science Council (ISC) is a non-governmental organization with a unique global membership that brings together 40 international scientific Unions and Associations and over 140 national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils. Our vision The vision of the Council is to advance science…

“Uniting the efforts, scientific and material potentials of Member States for investigations of the fundamental properties of matter” The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is an international intergovernmental organization established through the Convention signed on 26th March 1956 by eleven founding States and registered with the United Nations on 1st February 1957. JINR is situated…

“Brings together materials researchers to enhance international cooperation and further enhance materials science and engineering globally” The International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS) brings together materials researchers into an interdisciplinary Union to enhance international cooperation and further enhance materials science and engineering globally. IUMRS seeks to: facilitate international cooperation and information exchange among materials…

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“Unifying biology through diversity” The International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), established in 1919, is a non-governmental and non-profit organization comprising of National Academies and international scientific Associations and Societies. IUBS provides a global platform for cooperation and interaction among scientists from all disciplines and nationalities to promote research, training, and education in biological sciences,…

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“The International Union of Crystallography objectives are to promote international cooperation in crystallography and to contribute to all aspects of crystallography” The IUCr is a scientific union adhering to the International Science Council (ISC). Its objectives are the following: to promote international cooperation in crystallography and to contribute to the advancement of all aspects of…

“Since 1993, Rencontres du Vietnam has implemented and developed a large programme for Science and Education in Vietnam.” Rencontres du Vietnam has organized fifteen Rencontres du Vietnam between 1993 and 2019 with the aim of helping Vietnamese scientists and those of the Pacific-Asian world to establish contacts and exchanges with colleagues of the West, including…

“The object of the European Physical Society is to contribute to and promote the advancement of physics, in Europe and in neighbouring countries” The object of the Society is and shall be to contribute to and promote the advancement of physics, in Europe and in neighbouring countries, by all suitable means and in particular by…

“To stimulate international collaboration in the fields of vacuum science, techniques and applications and related multi-disciplinary topics including solid-vacuum and other interfaces.” The International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications is an international federation of thirty national vacuum organizations. It represents nearly 15,000 physicists, chemists, materials scientists, engineers and technologists who are active in…

“To represent the research fields of history of science and technology and philosophy of science and technology, as well as research studying the foundations and methodology of science and technology in general” The IUHPST is the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. It represents the research fields of history of science…

“IMU is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization, with the purpose of promoting international cooperation in mathematics.” The objectives of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) are: to promote international cooperation in mathematics; to support and assist the International Congress of Mathematicians and other international scientific meetings or conferences; to encourage and support other international…