ALLEA is proud to announce that Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC) and chair of the ERC governing body, the Scientific Council, has been awarded the 2025 ALLEA Madame de Staël Prize in recognition of her outstanding contributions to European research leadership, and the advancement of frontier science across Europe.
On 9 December 2025, ALLEA joined the first technical meeting of the International Coalition for Science, Research and Innovation in Ukraine, contributing perspectives from Europe’s academies and reinforcing its ongoing support for Ukrainian researchers and institutions.
Published on 11 December 2025, the Rapid Evidence Review Report was coordinated by ALLEA, on behalf of SAPEA.
ALLEA welcomes the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the regulation of plants obtained through New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). The agreement provides a more up-to-date and differentiated framework that reflects scientific advancements in the field and offers clearer conditions for research and innovation in Europe.
The Flemish government has announced its intention to discontinue the structural funding of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB) as of 2026. In response to this development, KVAB, a long-standing member academy of ALLEA, has released an open letter addressed to the Flemish government outlining the anticipated implications of this decision and requesting its reconsideration.
On December 1, 2025, leading organisations representing Europe’s research and innovation community presented a coordinated set of amendments to the European Commission’s proposals for the 10th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10). ALLEA welcomes and fully supports this joint initiative.
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