Call for proposals: René Descartes Prize 2005
The European Commission has published a call for proposals inviting nominations for the 2005 Rene Descartes Prize. This falls under the 'Science and Society' activity of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The call is divided into two parts: - Descartes Prize (research) - section 4.3.4.2(a)i of the work programme: this is a prize for teams having achieved outstanding scientific or technological results from European collaborative research in any field of science, including the economic, social and human sciences (total indicative budget - one million euro; minimum amount for a prize - 200,000 euro); - Descartes Prize (communication) - section 4.3.4.2(a)ii of the work programme: a prize for organisations or individuals having achieved outstanding results in science communication. European and national organisations which carry out awards in the following fields are invited to send proposals (the winners of their awards): - professional scientists engaged in science communication to the public; - popularising science through the written word (e.g. newspaper articles, popular science books...); - popularising science through audio-visual and electronic media (e.g. scientific television or radio documentaries, websites...); - innovative action for science communication; - editorial policy for the promotion of science whatever the media. (Total indicative budget - 250,000 euro; minimum amount for a prize - 50,000 euro).To see the call text, please visit: http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=191(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) For information on the Descartes Prize winners and finalists in 2004 and previous years, please visit: http://cordis.europa.eu/science-society/descartes/press.htm(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)