The European Commission recently launched a campaign to encourage more young women to choose science in their future careers.
With several countries taking part, the cornerstone of the campaign is a fresh and lively webpage, called Science: It’s a girl thing!
A video of the same name was made to raise awareness of the campaign. And indeed it did! The video was successful in creating discussion and engagement, triggering an animated debate on how to promote science to young women – a crucial element in bringing the campaign to life. However, feedback about the contents of the film was mixed so the Commission decided to remove it.
Although the original video is no longer being used, the campaign for this important cause remains.
That’s why the European Science Foundation has teamed up with Curt Rice (check out his excellent blog) to devise and sponsor a contest to make a new video that rivals the European Commission original.
The competition offers you the chance to highlight the diverse career options that science offers to young women everywhere and to help raise young women’s interest in science!
It is being promoted by a number of science bloggers and tweeters and Nobel Prize winner Brian Schmidt (Physics, 2011) has made a donation so that we can give a cash prize!
The winning videos will be shown at the European Gender Summit Networking Event 2012, November 29 at the Science14 in Brussels.
Find out more about the competition and how to enter here.
Still have questions? Email us at gendersummit@esf.org