Events in Physics
Friday, January 13, 2017
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The European Researchers' Night aims to bring researchers closer to the general public and to increase awareness of research and innovation activities, with a view to supporting the public recognition of researchers, creating an understanding of the impact of researchers' work on citizen’s daily life, and encouraging young people to embark on research careers. Scope: Activities focus on the general public, addressing and attracting people regardless of the level of their scientific background, with a special focus on pupils and students. Activities can combine education aspects with entertainment, especially when addressing young audience. They can take various forms, e.g. hands-on experiments, science shows, simulations, debates, games, competitions, quizzes, etc. Where appropriate, engagement with educational institutions should be sought in order to encourage formal and informal science education with the aim to improve the scientific knowledge base. Each proposal should set up at least one European corner. Activities should be organised with researchers actively involved and directly in contact with the public. They should promote the European dimension and gender balance in research and innovation. Involvement of researchers funded by Horizon 2020, including the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, is encouraged. |
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The objectives of this scheme are to: support outstanding interdisciplinary research which is unlikely to be supported through conventional funding programmes promote collaboration across disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the boundary between science and engineering and the social sciences and humanities support researchers with an outstanding track record, in developing their research in a new direction through collaboration with partners from other disciplines enable outstanding researchers to focus on advancing their innovative research through seed funding |