Project description DEENESFRITPL Exploring research in Scotland The EXPLORATHON events have been held in Scotland since 2014, with the aim of increasing public awareness of researchers’ work and their achievements. The EU-funded EXPLORATHON 2020 project will build on the success of the previous events to offer a blockbuster edition of the European Researcher’s Night across the entire country. The project will train researchers to address the general public. Moreover, it will engage the wider public from both urban and remote rural areas in a variety of events and scientific experiments to increase interest in research and researchers’ work. The project will focus primarily on secondary and upper primary school children to remove stereotypes surrounding researchers' work and encourage young people to envisage research careers. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Our proposal builds on the success of EXPLORATHON in Scotland from 2014 to date and will deliver a blockbuster edition of the NIGHT across all of Scotland. We will engage with audiences in the main urban centres in Scotland as well as in hard to reach audiences in rural areas and geographically isolated communities in the Highlands and Islands. We will use our full expertise of marketing, social media and styles of engagement to mobilise our researchers and train them to engage with the public. We will use a variety of different styles of engagement from comedy to drama, to online and fun hands-on science experiments to enthuse the public about research and researchers. Working with key partners across Scotland we will showcase to secondary and upper primary aged school children the array of research careers that are on offer and bust myths about researchers. 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-2020 - European Researchers' Night Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2020 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN Net EU contribution € 88 341,00 Address King's college regent walk AB24 3FX Aberdeen United Kingdom See on map Region Scotland North Eastern Scotland Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments 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 € 35 766,75 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 74 222,00 Address North street 66 college gate KY16 9AJ St andrews See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Clackmannanshire and Fife Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments 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 € 20 458,50 UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 8 031,00 Address Richmond street 16 G1 1XQ Glasgow See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments 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 € 24 204,00 UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 15 375,00 Address University avenue G12 8QQ Glasgow See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments 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 € 22 261,25 HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 29 923,00 Address Riccarton EH14 4AS Edinburgh See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments 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 € 29 457,00
