December 1 2011 - November 30 2013
DESIRE (Disseminating Educational Science Innovation & Research in Europe) aims at the development of best practice criteria and elaboration of new models of diffusion and exploitation of results in science education, pedagogical research results and innovative tools for science teachers. The project will establish a mechanism to better diffuse and exploit results from existing innovative science education approaches and research results from the LLP and national Ministries of Education.
February 1 2012 - January 31 2015
KiiCS (Knowledge Incubation in Innovation and Creation for Science), a three-year European Commission-funded project (2012-2014). Led by Ecsite, the European network of science centres and museums, the project aims to build bridges between arts, science and technology by giving evidence of the positive impacts of their interaction for creativity as well as for triggering interest in science. The project will stimulate co-creation processes involving creators and scientists, and nurture youth interest in science in a creative way.
December 1 2011 - November 30 2013
FEAST (Facilitating Engagement of Adults in Science and Technology) identifies Explainers in Science Centres and Museums as key personalities in informal education of adults and families. The professional development of this category in an international setting and the creation of a European model for developing and delivering informal science workshops for adults is a way for the consortium to contribute to the field, combining the efforts of museum practitioners, academic researchers, networking and media experts in the creation of high quality products.
October 11 2011 - September 30 2014
ENGINEER will support the widespread adoption in Europe of innovative methods of science teaching and provide extensive teacher training on inquiry-based methods. It will be based on the proven ―Engineering is Elementary‖ (EiE) program developed by Boston‘s Museum of Science (BMOS) since 2003-04 and now widely used in primary schools throughout the U.S. Evaluations of EiE have found that incorporating engineering in science teaching, using inquiry-based pedagogic methods, results in highly desirable impacts on students and teachers, raising students‘ interest in science and engineering. BMOS will play an instructional and advisory role in ENGINEER.
November 1 2011 - October 31 2014
Food-related health problems as a grand challenge for European societies
Over the past decade, most EU Member States have identified food and health as key priorities. This is in response to the increases in obesity and diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases amongst their populations. Also an insufficient nutrient supply in subgroups of the populations and special demands in ageing societies are identified as abiding challenges.
July 1 2010 - July 1 2014
Contemporary societies rely on science and technology for economic growth, political stability, social well-being and progress. Science influences everything we do as human beings. Yet, the interaction between science, politics and citizens is frequently insufficient and sometimes non-existent.
January 1 2010 - August 31 2012
Xplore Health is a European project, coordinated by Barcelona Science Park to build and promote an online portal on the latest health research.
January 1 2010 - December 31 2012
The gender dimension of research implicates that the share of women in research is extremely low in all European countries and associated countries. Throughout Europe there is a fear that interest in science and technology is declining, at the same time as demands for science and technology graduates grows (Rocard Report 2007).
September 1 2008 - September 1 2012
The project will facilitate the consultation of the European rare disease community at large, with the aim of building consensus on preferred public health policy scenarios for rare diseases.
June 1 2009 - May 31 2012
Open Science Resources (OSR) is a collaborative project co-funded by the European Commission under the eContentplus programme. The project started in June 2009 and will continue for 36 months.
