CERN & Society Foundation
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Swiss foundation in Geneva
| Abbreviation | CSF |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2014 |
| Founder | CERN |
| Type | Foundation |
| Registration no. | CHE-433.612.330 |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Headquarters | Meyrin, Geneva |
| Location | |
President | Jean-Marc Triscone (since 2026) |
Key people | Barbara Solich (Head of Fundraising & Partnerships) |
| Website | cernandsocietyfoundation |
The CERN & Society Foundation, formally registered in Switzerland as Fondation CERN & Société,[1] is a philanthropic foundation established by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in 2014 to connect science with society.[2] In 2018, the foundation merged with the Foundation for the Globe of Science and Innovation.[3]
The foundation was established to support and promote the mission of CERN and disseminate its benefits to the wider public. It raises funds for projects across the three pillars Education and Outreach, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, and Culture and Creativity.[4][2] The foundation receives donations from individuals, companies, trusts and organizations across the world in accordance with CERN's policy for ethical fundraising.[5][6] The CERN & Society Foundation Board provides strategic advice and guidance, while the day-to-day activities are coordinated by the CERN Fundraising & Partnerships Unit.[7]
Activities
Examples of projects within the different pillars are:
Education and outreach
- Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition: a global competition for high school students to design an experiment they would like to perform on the beamline of a particle accelerator.[8][9]
- CERN Festival Programme: Workshops, science shows and talks which travel around music festivals each summer.[10]
- CERN-Solvay Camp: Educational camp at CERN for high school students from around the world, in partnership with Solvay.[11]
- ENLIGHT Training: Training in hadron therapy through the European Network for Light Ion Hadron Therapy.[12]
- The Globe of Science and Innovation: structure that can be rented as an events space.[13]
- CERN National Teacher Programmes: School science teachers from around the world complete teacher training at CERN.[14]
- Non-Member State Summer Student Programme: Students from non-member states are supported to attend the CERN Summer Student Programme.[15]
- Non-Member State PhD Studentship: Doctoral students can complete research on each LHC experiment, as well as the Future Circular Collider (FCC).
- Public events: Programme of events which are open to the public and free to attend.[16]
- Science Gateway: Public museum with three permanent exhibitions, an auditorium and two education laboratories.[17]
Innovation and knowledge exchange
- Biology Dynamics Modeller (BioDynaMo): An open-source, agent-based simulation software developed at CERN and Newcastle University.[18]
- CERN-MEDICIS: Produces radionuclides which can be used to treat different kinds of oncological, cardiological and neurological diseases.[19]
- TIMEPIX@school: Bringing particle detector kits into school classrooms.[20][21]
- Zenodo: Open research repository developed under the European OpenAIRE programme and operated by CERN.[22]
Culture and creativity
References
- ↑ "UID-Register@FSO". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- 1 2 Gibney, Elizabeth (2014-07-17). "Charity begins at CERN". Nature. 511 (7509): 276. doi:10.1038/511276a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 25030148.
- ↑ "One enlarged Foundation to broaden CERN's impact on society". CERN. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ "CERN & Society Foundation | Genève internationale". www.geneve-int.ch. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ "CERN & Society launches donation portal". CERN. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ "Fundraising at CERN: Ethical Policy, Adopted by the Director-General of CERN on 1 March 2022" (PDF). cernandsocietyfoundation.cern. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-02-15. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ "About – CERN & Society Foundation". Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ Joos, M.; Aretz, Sarah; Carli, Ina; Dozen, Candan; Rembser, Christoph; Ristic, Branislav; Vafeiadis, Theodoros; Wyszynski, Oskar; Yildiz, Cenk (2017-10-19). "The "Beamline for Schools" competition at CERN". PoS - Proceedings of Science. Sissa Medialab: 557. doi:10.22323/1.314.0557.
- ↑ Aretz, Sarah; Beirão da Cruz e Silva, Cristóvão; Joos, Markus; Schütze, Paul; Stanitzki, Marcel (2020). "An Overview of the CERN Beamline for Schools Competition". The Physics Educator. 02 (1): 2050001. doi:10.1142/S2661339520500018. ISSN 2661-3395.
- ↑ Cochran, Jim; Huth, John; Jones, Roger; Laycock, Paul; Lee, Claire; Lee, Lawrence; Potter, Connie; Watts, Gordon (2022), Particle Physics Outreach at Non-traditional Venues, arXiv:2203.09585, retrieved 2026-04-29
- ↑ "Solvay and CERN launch STEM Education programme for high school students". Solvay. Archived from the original on 2026-01-19. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ Dosanjh, Manjit (2018-01-15). "Networking against cancer". CERN Courier. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
- ↑ "Globe du CERN". Genevearchitecture.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ↑ Heuer, Rolf-Dieter (2015). "CERN and 60 years of science for peace". AIP Conf. Proc. AIP Conference Proceedings. 1645: 430–436. doi:10.1063/1.4909616.
- ↑ Anelli, Giovanni; Nordberg, Markus; Charitos, Panagiotis (2023-12-01), Charitos, Panagiotis; Arabatzis, Theodore; Cliff, Harry; Dissertori, Günther (eds.), "CERN: the study of the infinitesimally small and the rise of Big Science", Big Science in the 21st Century, IOP Publishing, pp. 2–1–2-25, doi:10.1088/978-0-7503-3631-4ch2, ISBN 978-0-7503-3631-4, retrieved 2026-04-30
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- ↑ Banks, Michael (2023-11-01). "CERN opens its new Science Gateway outreach centre". Physics World. 36 (11): 15ii. doi:10.1088/2058-7058/36/11/14. ISSN 0953-8585.
- ↑ Bauer, Roman; Breitwieser, Lukas; Di Meglio, Alberto; Johard, Leonard; Kaiser, Marcus; Manca, Marco; Mazzara, Manuel; Talanov, Max (2016), The BioDynaMo Project, arXiv:1607.02717, retrieved 2026-04-30
- ↑ Duchemin, Charlotte; Ramos, Joao P.; Stora, Thierry; Ahmed, Essraa; Aubert, Elodie; Audouin, Nadia; Barbero, Ermanno; Barozier, Vincent; Bernardes, Ana-Paula; Bertreix, Philippe; Boscher, Aurore; Bruchertseifer, Frank; Catherall, Richard; Chevallay, Eric; Christodoulou, Pinelopi (2021-07-15). "CERN-MEDICIS: A Review Since Commissioning in 2017". Frontiers in Medicine. 8 693682. doi:10.3389/fmed.2021.693682. ISSN 2296-858X. PMC 8319400. PMID 34336898.
- ↑ Parker, B.; Thomas, L.; Rushton, E.; Hatfield, P. (2019). "Transforming education with the Timepix detector - Ten years of CERN@school". Radiation Measurements. 127 106090. doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2019.03.008.
- ↑ "TIMEPIX@school: Bringing CERN Technology to the Classroom – CERN KT Highlights 2024". report2024-kt.web.cern.ch. Archived from the original on 2025-05-22. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
- ↑ Li, Chengzan; Zhou, Yuanchun; Zheng, Xiaohuan; Zhang, Zeyu; Jiang, Lulu; Li, Zongwen; Wang, Pengyao; Li, Jianhui; Xu, Songyuan; Wang, Zhanjie (2022). "Tracing the footsteps of open research data in China". Learned Publishing. 35 (1): 46–55. doi:10.1002/leap.1439. ISSN 0953-1513.
- ↑ Chawla, Dalmeet Singh (2018-11-02). "Guest artists at CERN illustrate the imperceptible". Physics Today. 2018 (11) 30049. doi:10.1063/pt.6.3.20181102a.
- ↑ Røstvik, Camilla Mørk (2019). "Visual Narratives: A History of Art at CERN". Leonardo. 52 (1): 30–36. doi:10.1162/leon_a_01404. ISSN 0024-094X.
- ↑ Herreros, Adriana (2023). "Un diálogo entre arte y ciencia". Minerva. 41: 71–76.