Project description
Austrian researchers reach out to the public
How does research impact our everyday life? The EU-funded Life is Science 2 project will answer this question as part of this year’s European Researchers’ Night in Austria. The aim will be to showcase the manifold fields of biotechnology and related disciplines and how they impact our daily life. The project will invite the public to learn about the role of researchers, their work and achievements. It will organise various activities to forge connections between researchers and the public. A special focus will be on young people and efforts to nurture their passion for science and inspire careers in research.
Objective
acib is planning a second edition of an open event for the young general public in the frame of the European Researchers' Night in Austria. The first edition was held as a virtual event in 2020. In a next step the event is planned onsite in order to intensify the experiences in identifying connections between research and our daily life.
Under the roof LifeisScience the visitors gain insights into the every-day work of researchers in the manifold fields of biotechnology and related disciplines as well as its impact to our daily life. LifeisScience offers to discover scientific contents along three dedicated story lines by visiting laboratories, contributing in experiments, interrogating scientists about puzzling questions, exchanging ideas in debates, participating in open innovation science, watching demonstrations and learning more on recent scientific discoveries. The story lines are food technology, waste management & renewable resources and health. The different activities intend to allow visitors to identify connections between research and our daily life. The principle of collecting stamps for each activity and receiving a gift for absolved story lines aims to drive visitors' motivation and, thereby, some may discover their passion for science and their preference for a research career.
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CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
8010 Graz
Austria
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.