Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal (Feb 2008)

A Short Guide to EU Grants for Science Communication

  • Patkós, E.

Journal volume & issue
no. 02
pp. 26 – 28

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“The importance of communicating science to the general public cannot be overestimated. Science cannot live isolated from society.” As the words of Janez Potocnik, EU Science and Research Commissioner, clearly demonstrate, there is a political call to the European Union (EU) for supporting science communication. But as we all know, the reality lies in the implementation and not in the mission statements. So let’s see what the EU can offer to science communicators.

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