GeoPlanet - Earth and Planetary Research

The members of the alliance represent leading research institutes for geosciences in the European community. The network was founded to foster its prime objectives:

- to harmonize national roadmaps and enable the development for a single European roadmap for Earth sciences,
- to encourage the joint use of infrastructures and to bundle research and strategic interests, in particular within the European research frameworks (e.g. ESFRI),
- to promote joint project concepts and proposals within the framework of Horizon 2020, and by co-ordinating multi-national projects by member states,
- to link frontier research results with societal needs, e.g. geo-hazards, geo-resources, climate change, water management, and seeking dialogue with stakeholders from industry and society,
- to build partnerships with geological surveys, environmental agencies and scientific and professional societies,
- to promote education in Earth sciences on a pan-european level and implement joint education and training programmes for young scientists and technical staff.

Signatories of the “Letter of Intent” are:
The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
The British Geological Survey (BGS), Great Britain
The Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera (Spanish National Research Council, ICTJA/CSIC), Spain
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland
The Institute of Earth Physics of Paris (IPGP), France
The Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
Utrecht University (UU), Netherlands
Geoplanet - Earth and Planetary Research