Europlanet Society Webinar (26 April 2022, 14:00 CEST): Public Engagement in the Planetary Community
Are you looking for funding to kickstart an outreach or education project related to planetary science? Or have you run a successful public engagement project for which you deserve some recognition?
Europlanet awards grants of between 1 000 and 5 000 Euros to fund projects to engage the public with planetary science. Through the funding scheme, Europlanet aims to encourage new ways of sharing planetary science with different kinds of audiences across Europe (and beyond) to create socially impactful initiatives that combine research, learning, innovation and social development.
The Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement recognises achievements in engaging citizens with planetary science. The Prize of 1 500 Euros is awarded annually to individuals or groups who have developed innovative and socially impactful practices in planetary science communication and education.
In this webinar for Europlanet Society Members, Federica Duras (Chair, Europlanet Society Outreach Working Group/Edu INAF) announced details of the upcoming Calls for Europlanet Outreach Funding Scheme and Prize 2022, and two projects funded in previous rounds shared updates.
- Stijn Calders (Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB),Belgium) presented MOMSTER, a MObile Meteor STation for Education & outReach.
- Catarina Leote (Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal) presented ET – A Solar System Adventure.
The webinar was moderated by Anita Heward (Secretary, Europlanet Society).