MADE IN SCIENCE

Project Information

MADE IN SCIENCE

Grant agreement ID: 722952

DOI

10.3030/722952

Project closed

EC signature date 27 April 2016

Start date 1 April 2016

End date 30 November 2017

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 320 750,00

EU contribution

€ 320 750,00

Coordinated by

ASSOCIAZIONE FRASCATI SCIENZA
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - MADE IN SCIENCE (MADE IN SCIENCE)

Reporting period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-11-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

“MADE IN SCIENCE” is the trademark of research, which shows the strength of researchers’ job. The aim of the project is to communicate to societies the importance of the “production chain” of science in terms of quality, identity, creativity, security guarantee, trans-nationality, “Know-how” and responsibility.
In its implementation “MADE IN SCIENCE” constitute a big challenge for researchers who will have to design and organize the activities of the NIGHT 2016 and 2017, alongside young students participating to the "Alternanza scuola lavoro" project aiming to effective training on the job. This approach certainly contributes to attract young people to enter a scientific or research career.
“MADE IN SCIENCE” is coordinated by Frascati Scienza and is hosted in the research areas in Italy where more than 10.000 international researchers live: public and laboratories areas of the major Italian cities; the areas in Frascati/Roma where institutions ASI, CNR-ARTOV, ENEA, ESA-ESRIN, INGV, INAF, INFN are located; the national Research institutes CINECA, GARR, ISS,ISPRA; the Universities of Rome, Cagliari, Parma, Sassari and LUMSA. MADE IN SCIENCE involves more than 30 cities throughout Italy.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

o Conception, production and display of promotional material in schools, libraries, public spaces, research centres, pubs, restaurants;
o Public advertising (posters, flyers, brochures, leaflets, roll ups, gadgets -shirts for all personnel staff, notebook, bags, pens, magnifying glasses), as well as on public transport (subway, TV advertising on screens);
o Publication of articles, interviews, announcements advertising in main regional page press, periodicals, free press (Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, Metro, Leggo) https://www.frascatiscienza.it/pagine/notte-europea-dei-ricercatori-2017/stampa/ ;
o Airing of promotional spots and interviews on Italian national radio (Radio Cusano Campus)
o Media partnership with all partners involved;
o Conception and display of promotional kit for press;
o Sending 12 newsletters to contacts (12.000);
o Revamping, constant updating and maintenance of project website
www.frascatiscienza.it/pagine/notte-europea-dei-ricercatori-2017/ ;
o Press and web reviews;
o Link to relevant EU websites and social networks (European Researchers' Night website,
Facebook, etc.) with the compulsory mention: "This European Researchers' Night project is
funded by the European Commission under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions";
o Constant updating and revamping of the social networks profiles: Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram and YouTube:
o Facebook: 9.300 likes, 173.240 users reached on September with profile
@FrascatiScienza;
o Twitter: 3.200 followers, 200.000 users reached on September. During the night the
hashtag #ERN17 reached 7 millions people;
o Over 30 million people made aware of the European Researchers' Night and its
objectives.

o Offer of the activities as described in Annex I Part B to the grant Agreement, namely:
o 385 activities (seminars, shows, hands-on activities, exhibitions, various performances, guided tours inside the labs and outside the research centres, workshops, books presentation, science shows, competitions and quizzes,
multimedia activities, science games, European corner);
o Involving 25 Italian cities, namely Ariccia, Bari, Cagliari, Carbonia, Cassino,
Caserta, Catania, Cave, Cosenza, Ferrara, Frascati, Frosinone, Gorga, Isnello, Lecce, Milano, Monte Porzio Catone, Napoli, Palermo, Parma, Pavia, Roma, Sassari, Trieste, Viterbo;
o Active involvement of 1.800 researchers, of whom:
o 86 having benefitted from SMC;
o 18 having benefitted form another EU support (FP 7,;HORIZON 2020);
o Attendance of 59.500 visitors having taken part in the activities offered.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

o Collection, analysis and processing of 2.631 feedbacks based on questionnaires and face to face interviews namely (617 Ex-Ante, 1213 Ex-Post and 801 Kids);
o Main conclusions:
o Typology of visitors; balanced gender representation with a major female
participation, significant representation of 40-49 years old (32%), majority of young people (10-39 years old) represent almost 58%, major participation in The most interviewees attended the event in Frascati (1.088) Rome (755), Milan (194) and Bari (79), 27 % high school and university, (Bachelor’s degree, 17.79%, and Master’s Degree, 26.55%);
o Knowledge about the event: “Friends/Word of mouth” (28%), including “school/professors” among the other responses, and “Social network” (17,75%) and also the participation in previous editions (14,01%), website (13,36 %);
o Overall positive feedback bout the events (activities, contacts with researchers, locations and venues, concrete organisation, scheduling) (91 %);
o 52% newcomers;
o Awareness about the importance of research for development through nearly all
collective interviewed ex-post (90%) both in Italy and Europe;
o Research funding: inadequate in Italy for 86 %, adequate at EU level for 77 %;
o Expectations of participants: better understand the researchers’ work (48,80%)
and what research means (32,73%).
o Event considered as useful to encourage the choice of young people to pursue a
career in science...

MADE IN SCIENCE 2017