Calling passionate scientists to win a trip to the UK
posted 27 January 2015 | Staff Announcement - (staff)
Murdoch University is looking for passionate early career researchers with a peer-reviewed discovery to present their science as part of the 2015 FameLab competition.
The competition is open to all honours students, graduate students or up to five years post-PhD, and researching in any field of science, maths or engineering.
No jargon, no lab coats, no PowerPoint - Props, music and poetry optional. But you've only got three minutes!
If you are passionate about science, want to up your presentations skills and fancy a trip to the UK's leading science festival then read on!
FameLab is an international flagship communications competition designed to encourage scientists to engage and entertain by breaking down science, technology and engineering concepts into three minute presentations. It is backed by the British Council with national winners taking part in the grand final at the Cheltenham Science Festival in June 2015.
WA based FameLab finalists will be invited to take part in a one day media and communication training workshop, run by Fresh Science. Over the day, WA finalists will learn how to see the story in their science, which is a skill useful not just for the media, but also for grant applications, talking to other stakeholders and even down at the pub!
Two WA finalists will be selected to take part in the national competition held in Perth to represent Australia in the grand final at the Cheltenham Science Festival. The national event will include four days of interactive workshops to perfect your pitch with help from experts in communication and presentation, and FreshScience will tell the media and science community about your work!
Applying is easy. Applicants need to:
- Tell us about your work in our short online form – opens on the 27th January 2015
- Show your passion in a simple 2 minute video – nothing fancy, a smartphone will do – explaining your discovery
- Apply by the 27 February 2015.
Interested?
Please contact me on the below details
Jane Crier
Manager, Research Grants and Contract Services
Research and Development Office
Tel: 9360 2970
Email: j.crier@murdoch.edu.au