The Federation of European Physiological Societies (FEPS) was founded during the Regional Meeting of IUPS in Prague (Czech Republic) on July 2, 1991. It now comprises 35 Constituent Societies. The aims of FEPS is to promote and foster the exchange and diffusion of concepts and information between physiologists and the societies of physiology in the European region and to facilitate the dissemination of information concerning the activities of the member societies.