Objective - Discovery Festival will have its 10th anniversary in 2015, just like European Researchers’ Night.- Discovery Festival has been our Dutch edition of European Researchers’ Night (ERN) since 2006.- We combine new science and young scientists with a high quality young art program and top notch nightlife activities- Thereby we reach the important and difficult target group of young trend setting adults.- We experiment with new ways of communicating science and share our experiences, thus contributing to continuous progress in science communication.- To reach a large broad public, more traditional activities are needed.- In this project, to maximize impact, we will build a framework of diverse new initiatives and existing events, under a new national brand: Netherlands Researchers’ Night.- We use Discovery Festival as a core of continuous innovation.- The shared framework ensures that events will work to adhere to EU quality criteria, that resources are spent effectively and that experiences are shared structurally.- Through substantial support for these events from other parties, the impact of an EU contribution will be multiplied.- We thereby unite a number of separate initiatives under one brand with a strong European dimension.- Discovery Festival 2014 will be the starting point of this process, Netherlands Researchers’ Night 2015 (of which Discovery Festival 2015 will be a part) the first result.- Discovery Festival 2014 will welcome 5.000 visitors in Amsterdam and reach around 2 million people through the awareness campaign.- Netherlands Researchers’ Night will welcome 15.000 visitors on 4 locations, of which 5000 at Discovery Festival 2015, and around 5 million people through the awareness campaign. Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.5. - Specific support and policy actions Topic(s) MSCA-NIGHT-2014 - European Researchers' Night (NIGHT) Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2014 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator Stichting Very Disco Net EU contribution € 305 000,00 Address Oostenburgermiddenstraat 212 1018 LL Amsterdam Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 236 463,00
