In the world of science if you don’t communicate your work, it is believed that you may as well have stayed at home! Nowadays, scientific research does not stay in the lab, but tries to find its way towards the public. One of the main objectives of academic research is to have an impact on…
The European Commission presented details of a new €100 million “Fast Track to Innovation” (FTI) pilot action and five innovation prizes under Horizon 2020. The FTI is offering innovative businesses and organisations grants to give a final push to get great ideas to market. The prizes offer a reward for technological breakthroughs of high societal relevance.…
The European Commission announced the first results of its new €3 billion SME Instrument, launched under Horizon 2020 to help innovative small firms get ideas from the lab to the market. In total, 155 SMEs from 21 countries (EU Member States or countries associated to Horizon 2020) will each receive €50,000 to finance feasibility studies…
We journalists come across scientific data almost every day. Sometimes understanding this data can be really hard. Katja Prevodnik, a research assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, is conducting a very interesting survey as part of a scientific research project on data presentation and analysis. The research project…
Journalists on Location – Research Grants Would you like to go off the beaten path, get to the bottom of things, and research topics beyond your national borders that are unknown to the general public? Would it be easier to conduct research on the story as part of an international team than by doing it…
One great cultural and scientific international event that is open to anyone interested in science communication is being organized by the the University of Lorraine, France and will take place mainly in Nancy from the 1st to the 6th June 2015. If you are a researcher or a PhD student in science communication, a director…
We are happy to inform you that the GeNeDis 2014 (The 1st World Congress on Geriatrics and Neurodegenerative Disease Research at Corfu 10-13 April 2014) videos are online. The main, review video: Prof. Nikolaos Robakis, Robakis Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics of Neurodegeneration, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York,…
By Amalia Drosou Journalist, science communication at CERTH In her role as Director for International Cooperation, DG Research and Innovation at the European Commission, Cristina Russo gives high priority to the strengthening of EU position in the world through International Cooperation. In an interview for Science View she talked about the importance of the united…
