8000 researchers have benefit so far of successive European Union training and mobility programmes. Most of these were young scientists at doctoral and post-doctoral level, and about the same number will be trained through the current Fifth Framework Programme. The Marie Curie Fellowship Association (MCFA) brings together all these fellows across their different disciplines and countries, through various stages of their career, and as such represents a most significant intellectual capital. It aims to create a visible identity for Marie Curie Fellowships and advance science in Europe through networking, conferences, and publication activities.
The objective of this first edition of the annals of the MCFA is to represent the diversity and scientific level of the research undertaken by Marie Curie fellows. It is in a way a snapshot of research in Europe, and a means of disseminating the results of the European Commission's investment in future generations of researchers.
I hope that each year, the annals of the MCFA will project to a wide
readership an image of the diversity of European research and where it
is heading.
Laure Ledoux
MCFA Chair.