EASAC is involved in SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) in 2025 for its third funding cycle.

SAPEA is part of the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM), which provides independent scientific advice to the College of European Commissioners to inform their decision-making. The project consortium of SAPEA consists of the following six European academy networks: Academia Europaea, ALLEA, EASAC, Euro-CASE, FEAM, and YASAS. In bringing together the outstanding knowledge and expertise of Fellows from over 120 Academies, Young Academies, and Learned Societies in more than 40 countries across Europe, SAPEA spans the disciplines of engineering, humanities, medicine, natural sciences and social sciences, thus enabling multidisciplinary policy advice in an unprecedented fashion.

SAPEA convenes scientific experts for a broad range of topics, most often in response to direct requests for advice to SAM from European Commissioners. SAPEA has contributed to projects such as Solar Radiation Modification, One Health Governance in the European Union, or Sustainable Food Consumption. The resulting SAPEA Evidence Review Reports will form the basis of the High Level Group ‘Scientific Opinions’ on these issues, which are then handed directly to the Commissioner who requested the advice of SAM.