The Children in Museums Award is a joint venture between the international organisation Hands On! and the European Museum Academy. The judges are on the look-out for creative and innovative exhibitions and programmes for the age group up to 14 years old. Apply before 28 February.

Applications open for activities in UK-based schools

As science engagement professionals, freedom of information and speech is core to our daily values and practices. We believe that science needs open-minded, democratic societies and unhampered exchange of ideas to thrive. We honour the memory of those who died in the Paris attacks. We will keep using our organizations’ power to engage millions of citizens in dialogue and foster tolerance in our societies.

The Malta Council for Science and Technology for and on behalf the Foundation for Science and Technology is publishing a Call for Tenders for the Service Provision of Science Shows Scripts and Training for Esplora Interactive Science Centre, Marina Street, Bighi, Kalkara.

We are pleased to invite Ecsite members to join in a new Horizon2020 project that we are applying for as partners. You are invited to apply to be a Third Party on a new call under the topic: ‘Call for proposals to identify and implement novel ways to highlight the work funded by the ERC and reach out a wider public’

The ERC (European Research Council) is an EU agency dedicated to support frontier research.

Seize this opportunity to exhibit your ART&ICT project at the Bozar Electronics Art Festival in Brussels (25-28 September).

The European Commission recently launched a consultation to inform the 2016-2017 “Science with and for Society” Programme (part of the Horizon 2020 funding framework). Ecsite is gathering contributions from science engagement organizations and professionals (both members and non-members) in order to submit a contribution in the network’s name.

The European Commission has just launched a consultation “to better understand the full societal potential of ‘Science 2.0’ as well as the desirability of any possible policy action.”

Ecsite is coordinating proposal for the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Call for Integrating society in science and innovation under the topic: “Pan-European public outreach: exhibitions and science cafés engaging citizens in science”. Ecsite is looking to involve one of its members as “third party” in each member state of the European Union (a few are already covered).

The next Ecsite quarterly members magazine will be out in three weeks. Do you have any new exhibition, senior staff move, obituary or resource you would like to share with the network? Send 100 words and a high quality picture to communications@ecsite.eu.