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"I'm a Scientist" allows scientists put up a profile on this site, answer students’ questions about science, their research, the universe and beyond. They engage directly with students in live text-based chats. Students vote for their favorite scientist to win £500 to spend on further public engagement. (UK based).
What you can do:
With new funding from the National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program in 2016, the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) is expanding the community it serves to include scientists, as well as communication and engagement professionals whose job it is engage a diversity of audiences through education, outreach or broader impacts of research activities.
Browse Science Communication Resources based on scientific discipline and learning environment.
Read reports of science outreach studies
Read the Principal Investigator's Guide: Managing Evaluation in Informal STEM Education Projects
Search and browse assessment tools by environment, resource, audience, content, and funding source.
Source – http://informalscience.org/science-communication-public-engagement-outreach-0
WHO IT'S FOR: Researchers who would like to work with and inspire young people
What you can do:
Create a partnership with schools, festivals, businesses, local communities, science and discovery centers, student volunteers, students, or museums and libraries.
Browse their Work With Us page for potential collaborations.
Learn more about public engagement by clicking on the Explore, Support, Plan, and Do sections of their website.
Source – http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/
PCST is a network of individuals from around the world who are active in producing and studying PCST. It sponsors international conferences, an electronic discussion list, and symposiums. The aim is to encourage discussion and debate across professional, cultural, international, and disciplinary boundaries.
Join the discussion list for general communications, or the second discussion list for graduate students in science communication
Browse upcoming events and calls for proposals.
Source – https://www.pcst.co/
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Center’s activities focus on providing scientists and scientific institutions with opportunities and resources to have meaningful conversations with the public:
Explore the resources in the Public Engagement section and the Communicating Science section.
Host a Communicating Science workshop
Source – https://www.aaas.org/pes
