What is involved?
Applicants are required to give a brief outline of their background and research area, and are asked to consider the following questions:
1) What impact does your research have on society (direct and/or indirect)?
2) To what extent has your research (or research area) been shaped by society?
Selection
Up to 36 scientists are selected from the initial applications to exhibit a poster. Finalists are chosen based on their answers to the two questions above and how well they communicate their research.
Workshops
Workshops are held in July in London. Finalists must attend one of these workshops before designing their posters.
The workshops will address:
Costs will be covered for travel to the workshops. Food will be provided at the workshop, as well as accommodation if necessary.
Poster content and design
Posters concentrate on the science and society aspect of the finalists' research. They are not merely an explanation of the research area for a lay audience.
The poster must fit on a free-standing bulletin board supplied by the British Science Association. The exact size of the display board will be confirmed at the workshops.
Posters are exhibited at the British Science Festival from 6-10 September at the University of Surrey in Guildford. Finalists will be reimbursed for travel costs, and bed & breakfast accommodation will be provided, as well as lunch during the lunchtime poster exhibition sessions.
Do you have a question?
1) What impact does your research have on society (direct and/or indirect)?
2) To what extent has your research (or research area) been shaped by society?
Selection
Up to 36 scientists are selected from the initial applications to exhibit a poster. Finalists are chosen based on their answers to the two questions above and how well they communicate their research.
Workshops
Workshops are held in July in London. Finalists must attend one of these workshops before designing their posters.
The workshops will address:
- Background to science in society issues and the need for science to be open and transparent
- Advice on poster design
- Communications training - tips on talking about your poster with different audiences attending the British Science Festival
Costs will be covered for travel to the workshops. Food will be provided at the workshop, as well as accommodation if necessary.
Poster content and design
Posters concentrate on the science and society aspect of the finalists' research. They are not merely an explanation of the research area for a lay audience.
The poster must fit on a free-standing bulletin board supplied by the British Science Association. The exact size of the display board will be confirmed at the workshops.
Posters are exhibited at the British Science Festival from 6-10 September at the University of Surrey in Guildford. Finalists will be reimbursed for travel costs, and bed & breakfast accommodation will be provided, as well as lunch during the lunchtime poster exhibition sessions.
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