Large Grants

Large Grants totalling £239,895 were awarded to 13 projects under the Copus Grant Schemes 2002/3.

Please note that the funding priorities that these projects were asssessed against differs from the funding priorities for the current Copus Grant Schemes.

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Access Mars utilises the spectacular level of Mars exploration over the next eighteen months and the prescence of the Beagle 2 Lander Operations Control Centre at the National Space Centre, to facilitate unique opportunities for dialogue about British space priorities, and for encouraging people into space related careers.

Further information:

Visit the Access Mars website: http://www.spacenow.org.uk/accessmars/

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Development of online phenological tours to bring climate change alive for the public, particularly those unfamiliar with science, and encouraging a new understanding and interest.

Further information: to follow

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DEMOCS are a new method of public involvement, in the form of a kit that can equally well be used in a public meetings or in people's homes. The purpose of the project is to test their suitability for use by agencies doing consultation on science issues.

Further information:

Visit the DEMOCS webpages on the New Economics Foundation website.

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Family science activities where children and adults work together, exploring science through simple experiments, leading to making projects to take away as a permanent reminder, targetted at local cultural groups.

Further information:

This project is featured in the Copus Grants Good Practice in Science Communication document, Reaching Under-represented Audiences.

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To support scientists doing media interviews when science hits the headlines with a series of brief guides which provide advice, a choice of effective ways to communicate the way science works.

Further information:

Visit the Publications section of the Science Media Centre website, for a full list.

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A collaborative project between three Scottish Research Institutes to build a touring, interactive exhibition which explores the fundamental role of microoganisms in the health of people and the environment.

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Four dialogue events, in Bristol's deprived areas. Communities: shape the events; decide on issues, venues and who attends. Local media to help get wider consultation on issues and publicise results.

Further information: to follow

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Remote hill-farming communities throughout the UK are the under-represented audience targeted for a new collaborative initiative of science communication through easily accessible, relevant information and interactive discussion groups.

Further information: to follow

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Sofa based `Do try this at home' experiments and discussions, from the Botanical Centre, the garden bench to people's home sofas. Staff and postgraduate communication workshops and resources.

Further information: to follow

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Lay people will be empowered to participate in stewardship of a Local Nature Reserve (sand dunes) by working in partnership with university scientists and coastal managers.

Further information: to follow

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Carbon Gym aims to provide the inspiration, tools and support needed to explore the science behind low carbon lifestyles through a programme of interactive and hands-on activities.

Further information: to follow

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A weekly live interactive science radio showbroadcast by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, potentially reaching 500,000 adults, and supported by Naked Scientists Online, an interactive website containing archives of previous shows.

Further information:

Visit The Naked Scientists website.

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The Roadshow visits out-of-school clubs such as Cubs, Brownies, after school clubs and playschemes and Family Events such as Family Centre sessions and Eisteddfodau delivering hands-on, Invention & Discovery challenges.

Further information: to follow

The Copus Grant Schemes are funded by the Office of Science and Technology and The Royal Society.

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