The second “Sparkling Science 2.0” call ran from June 1 to September 25, 2023. 116 project ideas were submitted, 27 of which will be funded with a total of 9.5 million euros. The 27 new citizen science projects will begin their work in fall 2024.
With “Sparkling Science 2.0”, the OeAD funds research projects on behalf of the BMBWF in which research and educational institutions and, as far as possible, civil society work together and jointly contribute to the generation of innovative research results. Following the successful first call for proposals in 2021, the second call for proposals for “Sparkling Science 2.0” ran between June and the end of September 2023. From the 2024/25 school year, research will be conducted in 27 innovative citizen science projects.
With additional funding, the focus was once again placed on the formation of school priorities in the field of science, the involvement of peripheral schools or schools that have not yet been reached or have hardly been reached at all and the development of citizen science expertise through international networking. In addition, a thematic focus was placed on the subject areas of the EU missions of the EU research program 'Horizon Europe'.
Further information on the key data and results of the second call for proposals can be found on the program website sparklingscience.at.