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Science Education & Civic Engagement: An International Journal Call for Manuscripts Submissions for a special issue on civic engagement and informal science education (ISE) to be published in the summer of 2015. About the Special Issue The editors of Science Education & Civic Engagement: An International Journal invite manuscript submissions for a special tribute issue ...
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DATE: November 23rd, 2015
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The American Society for Microbiology’s open access Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education (JMBE) welcomes submissions for a science communication-themed issue to explore the following: Evidence-based science communication curricula: best practices and common pitfalls Evaluation and impact of various forms of science communication: papers, oral presentations, television, social media, community outreach, art, etc. Understanding cognitive biases related to ...
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DATE: June 14th, 2017
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Nominations are now open for the AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science. This award recognizes early career scientists who demonstrate excellence not only in their research careers but also in promoting meaningful dialogue between science and society. The recipient of the award will win a prize of $5,000, a commemorative plaque, and ...
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DATE: November 23rd, 2015
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Nominations are now open for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science. This award recognizes early career scientists who demonstrate excellence not only in their research careers but also in promoting meaningful dialogue between science and society. The recipient of the award will win a ...
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DATE: November 23rd, 2015
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Historical moments in the public understanding of science is a new rubric published in the journal Public Understanding of Science since 2016. It consists in short, fully referenced pieces, 2000-2500 words long, and is intended to highlight the value of an historical approach when discussing the theories and practices of the communication of science in ...
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DATE: May 16th, 2017
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The Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES) and the Center for Advancing Research Impacts in Society (ARIS) invites submission of original manuscripts for a special issue presenting the challenges and opportunities in supporting Broader Impacts (Bl). JCES is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to advance community-engaged scholarship in higher education. The call ...
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DATE: December 13th, 2023
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The Visitor Studies Association is pleased to announce the call for posters for the 2015 conference, the theme of which is Taking Action: Evaluating for Growth, Improvement, and Change. The conference will take place at the Hotel Alexander in Indianapolis, IN from July 16-18. The poster session is an interactive and collegial format for displaying ...
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DATE: November 23rd, 2015
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With support from the Rita Allen Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences is pleased to offer two awards of $37,500 each to support the formation and development of collaborative science communication researcher-practitioner partnerships. These awards are intended to facilitate the efforts of science communication researchers and practitioners to plan collaborative projects that pursue shared research ...
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DATE: April 5th, 2017
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The Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) seeks your ideas for the next ASTC Annual Conference, which is one of the premier annual events for professionals and leaders in science and technology centers and museums and others committed to engaging the public in science. Your timely, thoughtful, and interactive session ideas will help ensure that ...
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DATE: December 20th, 2022
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The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference is the premier professional development event for the science center and museum field. Offering approximately 120 high-quality sessions, the conference reaches more than 1,800 science center and museum professionals at all career stages, representing the organizational and geographic diversity of the field. Proposals are now being accepted ...
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DATE: October 19th, 2016
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The call for proposals for the 2017 Ecsite Annual Conference in Porto is now open. Session proposals are due October 16, 2016. Visit the Ecsite website to download guidelines for successful proposals, find collaborators on the conference forum, and learn more about the submission process.
DATE: September 12th, 2016
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Planning is in progress for the 2017 National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI) Summit. This year’s Summit will be held April 26-28, 2017 at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, WA and hosted by Oregon State University. The planning committee is now issuing a call for broader impacts experts to submit proposals for working sessions, accepted proposal ...
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DATE: October 18th, 2016
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A graduate student and the University of California Santa Barbara is conducting their dissertation which investigates the current and idealized diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) practices of science and technology centers. This study will help the ASTC community better understand what DEAI practices are being implemented, what works, and common challenges the field faces. ...
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DATE: March 28th, 2023
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A PhD student at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University is conducting an exploratory study which aims to understand the perceptions of science communication practice and research in the context of reaching historically excluded audiences in diverse contexts around the world. This project will use surveys ...
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DATE: April 13th, 2023
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The National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) is now accepting contributions for the Summer issue of Science Education And Civic Engagement: An International Journal. SECEIJ is a peer-reviewed publication devoted to civically engaged teaching and learning in STEM in both formal and informal settings. It accepts research articles, project reports, literature, book, and exhibition reviews, ...
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DATE: March 13th, 2017
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The Connected Science Learning (CSL) journal, published by NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) and ASTC (Association of Science-Technology Centers), is now seeking submissions for its fifth and sixth issues. For more information, see the complete call for contributions on the NSTA website. Issue 5 – STEM Learning in Environmental Settings The goal of Connected Science Learning‘s fifth issue is to highlight programs ...
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DATE: May 31st, 2017
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The international journal Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice is seeking papers for a special issue on Science Communication and Broad Societal Change. From the call for papers: Increasingly, government funding for scientific research requires that research to have a broad societal impact. Researchers often propose to achieve this impact at least in part through ...
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DATE: June 28th, 2016
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The Visitor Studies Journal is inviting submissions for a themed issue on the topic of “Redefining the Visitor Studies field for a Changing World”. The issue seeks to create a platform for reflecting on the state of the Visitor Studies field today, ways in which we need to evolve the field based on new learnings, understandings and ...
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DATE: March 7th, 2024
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In 2024, the Inclusive, Culture, and Creativity (ICC) project will fund workshops across the U.S. that explore support for innovation at the intersection of culture, creativity and technology. Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and coordinated by a team from UCLA and UC Santa Barbara, the ICC Workshops will gather experts in ...
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DATE: January 18th, 2024
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The University of Florida, in collaboration with the Florida Museum of Natural History and Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension, National 4-H, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Jacksonville Zoo...
DATES: September 15th, 2009 - September 16th, 2009
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Cambio is a National Science Foundation-funded professional development project for informal learning institutions—zoos, children’s museums, science centers, and other similar organizations—across the United States. It’s built on the premise that by developing cultural competence specific to Latinx communities and STEM—the fields known collectively as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—coupled with intentional changes in practice, museums ...
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DATE: September 14th, 2023
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This project in the Advancing Informal STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Learning program's Innovations in Development track aims to build professional capacity in Informal Science Education (ISE) institutions for...
DATES: September 1st, 2019 - August 31st, 2024
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Goodman Research Group, Inc. (GRG) conducted a summative evaluation of the 2007 Cambridge Science Festival. The festival was the first of its kind in the United States and was held...
DATE: August 1st, 2007
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WGBH Boston (wgbh.org) was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to, in part, develop outreach materials based on the children's television series FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman. The outreach...
DATE: August 1st, 2011
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This article summarizes summative evaluation of the impact on public radio listeners of Earth & Sky, a short-format science radio program airing daily on more than 1,000 commerical and public...
DATE: November 1st, 2005