ERNMadrid2020 · Building science among all, the key role of researchers
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2020-07-01 → 2021-03-31
- EU contribution
- €142,000
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- CSA
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Results in brief
Building science among all, the key role of researchers
The European Researchers’ Night in Madrid 2020 aimed to highlight the important role researchers’ labour in our society and its contribution to the improvement of societal welfare, not only running the engine of technological innovation but also by their enhancement of knowledge acquisition in Europe. The MadridERN project was addressed to citizens of the Region of Madrid that aimed to bring researchers and their work closer to the public at large and to promote research careers among young people without gender barriers from very early ages. To achieve this goal a continuous and wide-ranging awareness campaign was launched combining the traditional communication vectors (written press, radio, TV or street adverts) with the contemporary ones (virtual media or social networks and platforms). The event aimed to attract as much people as possible by transmitting the main messages of the Night, i.e: Science is built by all of us and for all of us; and emphasise the exceptional role of Researchers, which live amongst us.
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Project objective
The European Researchers’ Night in Madrid will bring together researchers to the general public and will increase awareness of research and innovation activities, with a view to supporting the public recognition of researchers, creating an understanding of the impact of researchers' work on citizen's daily life, and encouraging young people to embark on scientific careers.ERNMadrid will implement it by means of a set of 107 festive activities to be carried out in the Region of Madrid on the morning and evening of the 27th and 28th of November 2020. Pre-events will be also organized in summer and after the summer holiday if circumstances allow. One of the biggest will take place in the framework of Madrid Science and Innovation Fair that will organized from the 1st to the 15th of November 2020 to reinforce and prepare the coming Night. Sport competitions as pre-events will be held during September and October and another in December 2020 as post event, if circumstances allow. The activities will be addressed to public at large, science-addicts and science-reluctant, children, families, teachers, elderly, people regardless their scientific background with a special focus on young people: secondary and primary school students with the main purpose of encouraging STEM subjects and science careers, university students and also vocational education and training students. The event will involve researchers, other researchers benefited by EU funds, especially the Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows, Regional and Academic authorities, stakeholders and managers from universities, research centres, museums, hospitals, NGOs, foundations and industry (Spin offs, SME or Large Companies) in the Region of Madrid.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- FUNDACION PARA EL CONOCIMIENTO MADRIMASD · MadridCoordinatorSpain
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