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Call for proposals - Science Platform Months 2007

For the fourth year running, the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) has declared a series of four thematic months for 2007, namely Antarctica (June), Marine Biosciences (August), African Origins (September) and Astronomy (October).

The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA), a business unit of the National Research Foundation (NRF), has been mandated to implement the four DST thematic months in 2007 to promote the public awareness, appreciation and engagement with Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) and to awaken public interest in science.

The major aim of thematic months is to attract more women, rural and previously disadvantaged communities to the sciences and to retain them in these sectors. There is a need to counter current demographics in the scientific arena of the predominantly white, male and ageing scientific population. As stated in the National R&D Strategy (2002), the four specific scientific themes have been selected due to their obvious geographical advantage to South Africa.

SAASTA is the agency of choice for implementation of these programmes with an institutional aim of developing scientists and innovators of tomorrow, adding value to this national awareness project by bridging the gap between science and society.

DST and SAASTA are inviting the science centre network, science councils, universities, museums and the NRF facilities, as well as other relevant interest groups and individuals, to submit innovative and creative proposals for organising and implementing projects during 2007, which will contribute towards raising public awareness around the four themes, and specifically, on research done in this area and profiling of potential careers.

How to respond

• Read the Terms of Reference / Call for Proposals document
• Complete the application form: PDF format | MSWord format | RTF format

Deadlines

Antarctica Month
Deadline for submission of proposals - close of business, 31 January 2007.

Biosciences Month
Deadline for submission of proposals - close of business, 14 February 2007.

African Origins Month
Deadline for submission of proposals - close of business, 28 February 2007.

Astronomy Month
Deadline for submission of proposals - close of business, 14 March 2007.

More information:

SAASTA

Call for proposals - science communication workshops

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