The RFOs and RPOs that make up Science Europe share a common mission: to fund and perform excellent research in a world where scientific communities are less and less shaped by national borders.

They also share the responsibility of managing a substantial proportion of national public research investments in Europe.

Science Europe was established by its members to act as a platform to share experience and practice, develop, and deploy collective strategies to face their common challenges, as well as to speak with one voice to other science policy stakeholders when it is relevant to do so.

[2] This document outlines the strategic objectives for Science Europe, as well as nine "Priority Action Areas" on which its member organisations collaborate.

Science Europe regularly publishes position statements, practical guides, policy briefs, survey reports, and other documents on these topics which provide analyses, present results, and make recommendations for research stakeholders.