Project description
Connecting underwater researchers with young people in Turkey
The Blue Economy has rapidly evolved, giving rise to the emergence of BlueTech and Scientific Diving. Scientific divers and advancements in robotics play pivotal roles in underwater explorations. Supported by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), the SCIENCEinBLUE project aims to bridge the gap between underwater science and technology researchers and citizens, particularly children and young people. The project involves 140 visits to schools across seven regions of Turkey, as well as international schools. It will demonstrate that scientific careers are accessible to all, regardless of gender and ethnicity. It underscores the importance of oceans and their conservation, highlights the untapped opportunities in the underwater environment, and showcases the economic potential of underwater technologies.
Objective
Blue Economy has rapidly evolved over the years, creating 5.4 million jobs and generating almost 500 billion gross added value annually. This sector is characterized mainly by a great rise in underwater scientific activities, creating a promising new sub-market of BlueTech and Scientific Diving. Manned and unmanned diving appears in different forms all over the Blue Economy with the diving sector emerging, creating opportunities for growth and jobs. Scientific divers are qualified scientists, who use diving equipment and techniques to perform underwater tasks for their fieldwork. Thanks to the recent advances in robotics, scientist also uses tethered and autonomous robots for underwater explorations. SCIENCEinBLUE aims to meet the citizens, in particular children and young minds with researchers working in the area of underwater science and technology by addressing the question When scientist go under the oceans? One hundred forty visits are planned over two years in primary and secondary schools as well as maritime vocational schools in seven different regions of Turkey including French, English and Italian speaking international schools. During these visits and the researcher night, the project members will be using mainly the results obtained in eight different EU projects related to marine citizen science, underwater cultural heritage, sustainable tourism, underwater physiology, marine protected areas, informatics, robotics, IoT and educational aspects of scientific diving in order to demonstrate that scientific career is accessible regardless of gender and ethnicity; Oceans and its conservation is critical to human existence; oceans are still waiting to be explored; underwater environment is an important playground for STEM activities; innovation and economic potential of underwater technologies are important for Europe;underwater research is exciting and highly interdisciplinary; European Union has a leading role in promoting science and science education
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Topic(s)
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
34716 Istanbul
Türkiye
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.