Project description
Science meets creativity at fun events
Scientific literacy and engagement are crucial for fostering innovation and informed decision-making. Nevertheless, many people perceive science and technology as inaccessible or irrelevant to their daily lives. This gap hinders societal progress and reduces interest in STEAM careers. Creativity and critical thinking, essential for solving global challenges, are also often undervalued. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the Science in the City (SitC) project bridges science, research, technology, and the arts, attracting people from Malta and across Europe. The festival engages visitors with activities, performances, workshops, experiments, installations, exhibitions, talks, comedy, and sports. Showcasing the SitC team, researchers, artists, and community members, it offers fun events to help deepen the public’s understanding and enjoyment of research.
Objective
This innovative and highly interactive festival seeks to create bridges between science, research, technology and the arts. It aims to attract Maltese and Europeans, from all walks of life. Engaging visitors with activities, performances, workshops, experiments, installations, exhibitions, talks, comedy, sports and so on. The Science in the City Malat Festival shines a spotlight on researchers, who work with the SitC team, artists and members of the community to create fun events for our audiences to better understand and enjoy the research.
Besides showing adults, youths and children that STEAM is fun, exciting and offers great career opportunities for all interests, the festival emphasises how vital creatvity is to nurturing critical thinking skills. We aim to highlight the importance of looking to science and research to improve the world we live in by encouraging changemakers to look to knowledge and info about hte latest scientific developments to support their drive for change.
Keywords
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
-
HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
MAIN PROGRAMME
See all projects funded under this programme
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
See all projects funded under this funding scheme
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2023-CITIZENS-01
See all projects funded under this callCoordinator
Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
MSD 2080 MSIDA
Malta
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.