Abstract
A study conducted by the Europolis project (April 2001) has tagged the excessive fragmentation ofEuropean research efforts and institutions as a handicap for the European science, technology and innovation policy. The Europolis project, representing a collaboration of eight science policy organizations led by the Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques (OST) in Paris, France, and funded by the 5th Framework Programme, began in February 2000 with the aim of fostering in-depth debates on theevolution of Europe's science and technology policy. To solve this fragmentation problem, the study recommended that one or more independent European research councils should be created, in fields such as life sciences, biotechnology, agriculture and physical sciences. The study suggested that, based on the template of the National Science Foundation (NSF) or the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the USA, such new organizations could originate from the existing European Science Foundation (ESF) and the national research councils.
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