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Calls 15 April 2015
Mia and Bryan are a soon-to-be-married couple with an unusual idea of a honey moon: as they are both passionate about science engagement, they want to spend a year traveling abroad, working for science centres. Will your organisation be the one of their stops?
Calls 14 April 2015
Ecsite is proud to announce the creation of the Ecsite Awards that recognize creative and impactful initiatives in science engagement and science communication. For the first year, an Ecsite Creativity Award will specifically encourage innovative actions taken by Ecsite members.
News 8 April 2015
The SeeingNano consortium met in Leeds for a development workshop. Differents strands of the project are moving forward. The key target groups of the project have been defined, which are mostly visitors of the science centres and museums, young people, retired and teachers. These target groups are currently being studied and profiled with focus groups and interview running at 5 Ecsite members. The project website is due in a few months so stay tuned and for now check out the brand new SeeingNano logo.
News 2 April 2015
The Ecsite team visited Trento (Italy) beginning of April to catch up with the MUSE team who are busy preparing the 2015 Ecsite Annual Conference. Here are a few shots... looking forward to seeing the town full of Ecsite delegates!
Calls 24 March 2015
Museums from all over the world are joining this one-week Twitter campaign celebrating culture.
News 13 March 2015
Jobs, opportunity to get involved in a Horizon2020 project on nanotechnology, good reads, calls for papers... and fictional space pictures made of milk, cinnamon and cat hair. Read it here.
Calls 12 March 2015
The Ecsite Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Wednesday 10 June at 2pm in Trento (Italy) - make sure you arrive to Trento in time to attend! Full members can also bring candidates forward for the Board and the Presidency. The deadline to submit a candidacy is 6 April 2015.
News 11 March 2015
Ecsite is urgently looking for a Project Manager to coordinate some of its EU funded projects in the field of science communication.
Calls 6 March 2015
Ecsite is involved in a new Horizon 2020 proposal funded by the European Commission on responsible nanotechnology. We are looking to select around 6 of our members to join us on this proposal as Third Parties.
Calls 3 March 2015
Last summer Ecsite has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with EAZA, the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria and BGCI, Botanic Gardens Conservation International. We are launching a call for Ecsite members to contribute learning materials on local biodiversity to run a joint campaign starting next year.
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