Scientific journalism with LHC-CERN: dissemination and training

• Grant number: 24/17225-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Journalism
• Start date: October 01, 2024
• End date: March 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Gameiro Munhoz
• Grantee: Tatiana Maria Soares Araujo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/04867-2 - High energy physics and instrumentation with the LHC-CERN, AP.ESP

Abstract

More than ever, scientific dissemination should be considered an indispensable activity, worked in parallel to the development of research from the beginning of them, particularly when carried out in public institutions. In addition to contributing to the scientific and technological formation of the lay public, popularizing science concepts and methods, the dissemination of results for society is a way to account for the public resources employed in these research. The purpose of these scholarships is to develop a work to disseminate the area of ¿¿nuclear physics and particle physics, especially the physical concepts involved in this project, as well as the technological developments arising from experimental activities. Considering its characteristics, this is not a work that can be done in a makeshift or accessory manner of scientific production itself, and should have staff who are already acting in the area or are in formation in this field. Thus, the scholarships want to rely on the existing knowledge among the selected professionals, and to provide them with a higher level of specialization.