This will be achieved through the Iberarenum and ImpactARTE projects
The University of Vigo has just secured funding from the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology – Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (FECYT) to develop seven projects under the call for grants to promote scientific, technological, and innovation culture. The grant amount exceeds 200,000 euros this time, 50,000 euros more than the previous edition, when the Vigo academic institution already broke its own record by securing seven grants amounting to 150,000 euros. These are the best results achieved by UVigo in this call, one of the few that exist both nationally and internationally, specifically for outreach and, consequently, one of the most competitive.
Iberia in a grain of sand, Iberarenum, and ImpactARTE
Two of the new proposals come from the Marine Research Centre, CIM-UVigo: Iberia in a grain of sand, Iberarenum, and ImpactARTE. The first, Iberarenum, is a project launched in coordination with the Association of Oceanographers of Galicia and aims to actively involve the public in creating a national beach sand bank. The idea is to create a web platform where participants will have access to information on how to sample a beach and the data needed to correctly catalogue the sample through a simple instruction dossier and an explanatory video led by a female researcher or technician to highlight female scientific figures.
In the case of ImpactARTE, coordinated by Professor Ángela Fontán, it is an art-science-society outreach initiative that proposes a collaborative space between marine researchers and historians, illustrators, and Spanish heritage and cultural entities (museums, associations, etc.) to identify and show the impacts of maritime climate on the coast in past artworks and create outreach tools that bring science and art closer to society. This collaboration will also culminate in the development of an interactive geoportal displaying the identified artworks and the scientific significance of the observed maritime climate features and associated coastal impacts.
Source: DUVI