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Science projects funding

Applicant

Project name and summary

Locations of project

Dates of Event

Audience Type

Grant Awarded

Tech Fest - Set Point

Techfest in September 2008 STEM Festival

Aberdeen + North East

April 08 March 09

All

£25,000

Glasgow Café Scientifique

Café Scientifique- Glasgow. A series of talks are held throughout the year at the Tron Theatre.

Glasgow

April 2008-March 2009

8 -80 year olds

£2,320

Orkney Science Festival

Orkney Science festival Schools and Community programme

Orkney & Other Islands

4-10 September 2008

All

£4,641

University of Dundee

University/Science Centre Networked Public Engagement Events

Dundee (Sensation and other venues), Edinburgh (ODE), Oban (Scottish Association for Marine Science)

May 2008-March 2009

All

£30,000

University of Edinburgh

Gene jury- 7-13 yr old participate in interactive workshops about genetics in our society at school, ODE or EISF

Lothian, and Argyll, Highlands, Dumfries and Galloway

April 08 - April 09

7 year olds- 13 year olds

£25,037

Institute of Physics

Lab in a Lorry Scotland

Scotland wide in particular Highlands & islands

May 08 to October 08

children

£20,000

Edinburgh International Science Festival

Wonderama

Edinburgh

May 08 to April 09

All

£30,000

RSPB Scotland

Wild Science at Kelvingrove

Glasgow

April 08 to March 09

Public and school children

£24,240

Edinburgh International Science Festival

Generation Science Touring Scotland

All over Scotland

Aug 08 to Jan 09

children

£30,000

Moray College

15th Annual Moray Science Festival

Moray

9 -14 March 2009

9-12 all ages

£10,000

Edinburgh International Science Festival

2 New workshops one on light & the other on electricity

all over Scotland

May 08 to March 09

Children

£25,000

University of Strathclyde

The Angina Monologues

£20,000

Dundee Science Centre

An Educational DISPLAY Energy Certificate for Schools

Dundee, Angus, Fife, Highlands, Aberdeenshire

Dec 08 to March 09

All

£27,800

Science Made Simple

Visualise - The Beauty of Science

Edinburgh Fringe, Stirling, Glenrothes and Dundee

May 08 to Mar 09

All

£21,855

Going Nova

Travelling Scholars Progranmme for 2008 Highland Festival

10 communities across the Highlands

Nov-08

All

£3,750

University of Edinburgh

Making the Chemical Connection with Climate Change

Alness, Inverness, Elgin, Lossiemouth, Dundee, Moray Science Festival, Shetland

August 2008-May 2009

11-18 year olds plus public

£8,396

University of Glasgow

Sounds like Science

£20,000

The BA

Small Grant Scheme for National Science & Engineering Week in Scotland

Scotland- targeting economically remote and rural communities

late 2008 early 2009

Adult

£21,000

The Ba

Revitalising Science Live- a website designed to allow presenters of sci engagement activity to enter their details to allow organisers of events to find appropriate presenters

all regions

March 08 - September 08

Adult

£10,000

Global Web Ltd

Climate Change - Your Future

Fife, Forth Valley,Edinburgh & Lothians , Borders

April 08 to Feb 09

All

£30,000

Shetland Science & Technology Group

Science Workshops & Sustainable Development and Climate Change

Shetland & some offshore islands

April 08 to July 08

All

£12,500

Our Dynamic Earth

Closer2Nature - Outreach Project in Collaboration with the Scottish Seabird Centre

Lothians, Borders

April 2008-March 2009

School Children (P1-S6)

£30,000

Our Dynamic Earth

Stunning Summer Science - in collaboration with Edinburgh International Science Festival

Our Dynamic Earth, audience from Edinburgh, Lothians, Fife, Borders

July-August 2008

Families

£30,000

Tech Fest - Set Point

STEM Out & about in the community - Promote Stem opportunities available in the area- staff time to develop appro activities liaise with partner orgs and access resources

North Of Scotland

April 2008-March 2009

All

£5,050

University of Glasgow

Opening Doors to 21st century Science and Engineering

people based in deprivation zones and secondary schools

Feb 08 to Aug 08

all

£10,000

The Royal Observatory Edinburgh

Deep Space

Edinburgh & Lothian

April 08 to Jan 09

All

£30,000

Tech Fest - Set Point

Primary School STEM Outreach Programme

north of Scotland including the islands

April 08 March 09

3 to 12 year olds

£4,800

University of Aberdeen

Aberdeen Science Engagement Plan

Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire

May 08 to April 09

All

£19,000

Fife Council

Sci-dentity: A creative learning festival exploring early identity

venues across Fife

April 08 to March 09

all

£15,000

RSPB Scotland

Homes for Scotland's Wildlife

Edinburgh/Lothians, Fife, Stirling, Glasgow, including deprived areas

April-Sept 08

Public and school children

£8,000

Our Dynamic Earth

International Year of Planet Earth 2008 - Earth Hero Toolkits

Edinburgh (Our Dynamic Earth) - audience from all Scotland

April 2008-March 2009

Families

£22,246

Scottish Association for Marine Science(SAMS)

Marine Science Festival in Argyll

Argyll - Inveraray, Oban,& Tobermory

May 08 to March 09

All

£5,000

Earth Science Trust

Outdoor Environmental Science for Communities

Aberdeenshire, Lothians & April 09

May 08 to April 09

All

£15,000

Engineering Development Trust

Go4SET

Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow

April-December 08

S2 pupils

£5,000

Glasgow Science Centre

Environmental Chemistry Higher Level workshop

Glasgow

April 08 to March 09

16-18

£10,000

Engineering Development Trust

Engineering Education Scheme

Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow

April 08-March 09

S5/S6

£2,500

TOTAL £613,135

Page updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2008