Fascinating World of Researchers in the Age of Technology Cultural Heritage & the New Generation of Innovators (FAWORIT 2018-2019; H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2018)

 

Our proposal relies on the following main ideas: (1) “being a researcher is cool and creative” – by presenting some ground-breaking inventions and the researchers behind the ideas we aim to show the public how innovation affects our lives; and (2) “young innovators are amongst us” – by introducing young innovators, who will become both the audience and the participants of some of our activities, we encourage the youth even more to choose a scientific career path.
Our main target group is students between the age of 6-26, but we aim to address all age groups with attractive programmes. Many activities will be organised relating to cultural heritage and will demonstrate its importance, how it builds stronger societies and how it creates jobs and prosperity. Some novelties of our project: offering challenge-oriented activities – each of our 24 venues will present their innovative solutions related to interdisciplinary societal challenges; focussing on the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation – the audience will be informed about key elements of RRI, thus creating better understanding and fostering future involvement; launching “Science in the City” – a flash mob like activity, involving the public in spectacular experiments. We will apply an integrated approach in our project in which interdisciplinary challenges, innovative solutions, (young) researchers, their work and hobbies will be presented in an interactive, educating and entertaining way. The target audience can thus discover that being a researcher is cool and creative; researchers, but and young innovators are amongst us. Our objective is to have around 30,000 visitors at the events, but a multiple of that number (around 500,000) will see, hear or read about the Night. We intend to raise awareness of the European engagement in R&I; in the European Corners and at each venue related programmes of the European Union (Horizon Europe, H2020, especially MSCA) will be visible. The structure of the consortium: an innovative SME; an association of women in science; a national organisation for applied research; an independent think tank, a scientific association with a broad network of local member institutions all over Hungary and a highly innovative large company together with numerous contributing partners will ensure the success of the project.

Members of the Consortium: Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development, Association of Hungarian Women in Science, Bay Zoltan Non Profit Ltd, Hetfa Research Institute, The Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge.

This European Researchers’ Night project is funded by the European Commission under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions.

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kutatokejszakaja@rcisd.eu