Call: NEWFELPRO Science with and for Citizen and Society
-Poster Presentation- 

 
Ministry of Science and Education is announcing a call for the best “NEWFELPRO Science with and for Citizen and Society” poster presentation of fellows and their projects.

Objectives of the call, guidelines for application and other relevant information for applicants can be found in the text below. Moreover, any questions regarding the Call can be sent to NEWFELPRO e-mail address (newfelpro@mzo.hr).

Objectives

Progress of civilization is the basic evidence of the importance science bears on humans. Quality of our everyday life, things we take for granted, has been achieved on shoulders of science discoveries in all areas. Science, research and innovation has been recognized by the European Union as a vehicle of further economical and societal progress and it is crucial for it to be recognized as such in the society as a whole, on day to day basis. Moreover, it is important to establish and recognize the public area “in” and “for” science with a demonstrable effects science has on society. One of the greatest outputs of that kind of thinking will be creating public awareness of the importance of science which will surely lead to a more “participating society” and luckily more public and private investment in science.

The above mentioned corresponds to EU initiatives that support popularization of science by connecting science and the wider public. Furthermore, “LAB-FAB APP – Investing in the European future we want” (Report of the independent High Level Group on maximizing the impact of EU Research and Innovation Programmes) gives recommendations for future policy-making in area of science, research and innovations and one of them is to invest in people who will make change, mobilise and involve citizens and capture and better communicate impact. Those three objectives will be in the focal point of this call.

Guidelines for applicants

As noted, the call is focused on mobilising and involving the citizens in science and capturing the impact of research and innovation for society. Horizontal theme of this call is a positive change and/or shifts that science brings to human lives.
Accordingly, poster of your NEWFELPRO project needs to present a short explanation of the project using a discourse that a non-scientist can understand while also showing how you managed to incorporate the following:

1. Involvement of the non-scientist public in your research in terms of presenting projects or/and results to wider public through:
   1. popularization of science activities
   2. media
   3. working with non-scientist community throughout the implementation of the project  
2. Please capture impact and societal change in your NEWFELPRO project poster. Here is a table of 6 pillars of impact and 3 cross cutting themes:

ECONOMIC	HEALTH + WELLBEING	NATURAL CAPITAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT	POLICY AND PUBLIC SERVICES	FUTURE CAPACITY AND SKILLS	SOCIETAL + INTERNATIONAL
Creating new products, processes, policies or behaviour
Improving efficiency and efficacy of existing practice
Research to improve resilience or sustainability