Sparkling Science Research Partner Exchange

In order to help schools, research institutions, universities of education and partners from business and society to network, the OeAD is also providing a research partner exchange as part of the 2nd Sparkling Science call. Here, interested schools, research institutions, universities of education and organisations from business and society can register, network and express their interest in collaborating on a research project.

In the Sparkling Science research partner exchange - the tool "Padlet" is used for this purpose - different networking possibilities are available. One can enter oneself as a research institution, school, university of education or partner from business and society in the padlets or search for interested cooperation partners.

In total, the following five networking combinations are available for selection:

• Science seeks school
• School seeks science
• University of education seeks research partner
• Society seeks research partner
• Research partner seeks cooperation

An overview of all padlets can be found here (please open in Chrome): LINK
A quick guide on how to use the Padlets can be found here: LINK

If you are looking for research partner schools to conduct research together, you have two options:

1. Please sign up for the "Science seeks schools" padlet and indicate where your research institution is located, your research focus, your project idea, what type of school and age of students the project is suitable for, and how to contact you: LINK
2. In the padlet "Science seeks schools" you can find schools that express their interest in a collaboration: LINK

If you are looking for universities of education to jointly support schools in establishing or strengthening the focus on "Science in Schools" within the framework of school autonomy, then you have the following option:

1. In the padlet "Universities of education seeks research partners" you will find pedagogical universities that may already have an idea for a research project or have expressed their interest in collaboration: LINK

There are numerous partners from business and society (associations, limited liability companies, NGOs) who have good ideas and some practical experience, but who lack a research partner for joint implementation. Maybe you are interested in implementing a project together with these partners, then you have the following possibility

1. In the padlet "Society seeks research partners" you can find partners from business and society who express their interest in a collaboration: LINK

Research institutions that are interested in entering into a research cooperation with a Sparkling Science project have the following option:

Please register in the padlet "Research partner seeks cooperation" and describe your expertise, indicate what kind of cooperation (partners) you are looking for and how to contact you: LINK
In the padlet "Research partner seeks cooperation" you can find interested scientific cooperation partners: LINK

If you are a school and would like to collaborate on a research project, you have two options: express your interest in collaboration yourself - this way you can be found by research institutions or search in the project ideas presented by research institutions:

• Please enter your name in the "School seeks science" padlet if you would like to be found. Indicate where your school is located, your school focus if applicable, subjects in which it would be interesting for you to participate in research, the age of the children/young people and how to contact you: LINK

• In the padlet "Science is looking for schools" you can find research institutions that are looking for school partners: LINK

You are a university of education and would like to work together with research institutions to support schools in establishing or strengthening the focus on "Science in Schools" within the framework of school autonomy. If you already have an idea for a research project or would simply like to express your interest in collaboration, you have the following option:

• Provide information about the location and focus of your school of education, your idea if applicable, and a way to contact you in the "University of education seeks research partners" padlet: LINK 
• Irrespective of the focus "Science in Schools", universities of teacher education are also among the institutions eligible to submit proposals for Sparkling Science 2.0.

If you are an institution from business and society (association/GmbH/NGO) and are looking for research institutions for the joint conception and subsequent implementation of research projects, you have the following option:

• Provide information about your idea or your interest in collaboration and a contact option in the padlet "Society seeks research partners": LINK

Mag. Nina Kaplan-Borufka
Project management: Sparkling Science
Nina.Kaplan-Borufka@oead.at
Tel.: +43 1 53408-427