In-Person Outreach Activities and Scientific Journalism

• Grant number: 23/00022-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Journalism
• Start date: May 01, 2023
• End date: April 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Nathan Jacob Berkovits
• Grantee: Ana Clara de Paula Moreira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/14335-0 - ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for Theoretical Physics, AP.ESP

Abstract

All successful Theoretical Physics Institutes include an outreach program in which Institute activities and recent research developments are communicated to the general public through online material, newspaper articles, and interactive lectures and discussions. During the next 5-year grant, the scientific journalists at level JC-2 will write blogs and articles for the general public on ICTP-SAIFR activities, assist in the organization of in-person public lectures and informal discussion sessions in the IFT- UNESP auditorium and bars and museums, and interview visiting researchers for short Youtube videos.