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Researchers' Night 2009 Szczecin Time

Objective

Europe full of opportunities and innovations - that is how we want it to be constantly. There is a lack of researchers though, who are the link between a necessity and a progress. NIGHTreSEARCH meets these and the regional public needs which were appraised during Researchers’ Night 2008 impact assessing. Hence, the main aims of the project are: 1)to show the role of the researchers in human life and to present them as “ordinary people” 2)to stimulate the youth to embark on this career 3)to sustain European visibility by arranging a “European corner 4)to hold a poster competition titled “Imagine the poster of the 2010 Researchers’ Night” 5)to assess the impact of the project implementation 6)to make the date 26th of September rememberable as a European Researchers’ Night. These aims will be achieved by dynamic awareness campaign, which-comparing to the RN 2008-will be longer this year, also by engaging general public and academic society into fascinating and entertaining experiments and finally by disseminating project results. Activities will be splited into different scientific levels, to make them attractive and understandable for various age and social groups from all West Pomeranian Region of Poland. During the event many novel actions will have place e.g. engaging public and researchers in creating tables which will be placed in universities’ buildings, schools, City Hall as a lasting memento of the event. The City Hall and Marshal’s Office will patronage the event to enhance its regional character. Reassuming the attractions will be divided into 3 blocks: 1.„Academic campus” where open air experiments and inventions grouped in themes will be shown e.g. Agriculture, Marine, Medicine, Technology, Arts, Media, as well with “European Corner” and stage to present people makings. The best of them will be awarded during “Inventor Cup Final” 2.visiting “Mystery Labs” and taking part in experiments 3. participating in poster competition and many others.

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT
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Coordinator

ZACHODNIOPOMORSKI UNIWERSYTET TECHNOLOGICZNY W SZCZECINIE
EU contribution
€ 32 000,00
Address
AL. PIASTOW 17
70 310 Szczecin
Poland

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Region
Makroregion północno-zachodni Zachodniopomorskie Miasto Szczecin
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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