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Engage and Inspire the European youth in the space exploration through a scientific contest - Odysseus

Start date:2011-11-01

End date:2013-05-31

Project Acronym:ODYSSEUS

Project status:Execution

Coordinator

Organization name:SIGNOSIS SPRL
Administrative contact Address
Name:Elena TAVLAKI (Ms.) CLOS DE CHENES

BRUXELLES
BELGIQUE-BELGIË

Region:REG.BRUXELLES-CAP./BRUSSELS HFDST. GEW.
Tel:+32-26727240
Fax:
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.signosis.eu Organization Type:

Description


Objective: The Odysseus project aims to engage and inspire the European youth in the New Frontier, by coordinating and implementing a pan-European Scientific Contest for young people on Space exploration themes, combining creativity, intelligence and innovation.

The project aspires to integrate ongoing educational activities on space in a pan-European perspective, providing the opportunity for young students to co-compete with their peers from different European countries. This action is enhancing the concept of multinational cooperation, an element necessary in space exploration field. All participants are allowed to enter the contest individually and have to be between 14 to 18 years old. The participants will have to create a collaborative team for design and demonstrate an innovative project. Each team will nominate a leader. The number of team members is limited to twenty.

The Odysseus Contest will focus on three major theme categories:
- Solar System
- Spaceship global cooperation
- Co-evolution of life

The participants, young students, are expected to design, develop and implement projects and activities in the above themes. These projects will have to be innovative in approach, seeking answers to scientific issues and formulate their final viewpoint.
The Contest will be organized in two phases, concluding to a central European Exhibition and an Award Ceremony for the nine finalists, three for each theme. The student teams will be represented by their team leader.
The first phase of the contest will activate a selection procedure in order to create a pool of 27 finalist teams in each theme, each finalist team representing a country from the 27 European countries.
During the second phase, the best three projects out of the twenty-seven, on each theme, will be rewarded and nominated for their achievements. In the Odysseus project a Conference and an Exhibition of competing projects will take place.

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General information:

Project Details


Start date:2011-11-01

End date:2013-05-31

Duration:19 months

Project Reference:284442

Project cost:335510 EURO

Project Funding:299813 EURO

Programme Acronym: FP7-SPACE

Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme

Subprogramme Area:European Space Policy Studies

Contract type:Support actions

URL:http://www.odysseus-contest.eu

Subject index:Scientific Research
 

Results for this Project

Periodic Report Summary - ODYSSEUS (Engage and inspire the European youth in the space exploration through a scientific contest)  12/12/2012 

Documents for this Project

Periodic Report - ODYSSEUS (Engage and inspire the European youth in the space exploration through a scientific contest)  12/12/2012 

Other participants

Organization name:EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY ASSOCIATION
Administrative contact Address
Name:David LEE (Mr) RUE DES FRERES LUMIERE

MULHOUSE
FRANCE

Region:EST ALSACE Haut-Rhin
Tel:+33-389329440
Fax:+33-389320449
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.eps.org Organization Type:
 
Organization name:ELLINOGERMANIKI AGOGI SCHOLI PANAGEA SAVVA AE
Administrative contact Address
Name:Sofoklis SOTIRIOU (Dr) DIMITRIOU PANAGEA STR

PALLINI
HELLAS

Region:
Tel:+30-2108176795
Fax:
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.ea.gr Organization Type:
 
Organization name:STICHTING NOORDWIJK SPACE EXPO
Administrative contact Address
Name:Robert Alexander VAN DEN BERG (Mr) KEPLERLAAN

NOORDWIJK
NEDERLAND

Region:WEST-NEDERLAND ZUID-HOLLAND Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek
Tel:+31-713646448
Fax:
E-mail:Contact
URL:http://www.space-expo.nl Organization Type:
 

Record control number:100885




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