Over 80 Agora projects in five years

The SNSF has supported a total of 81 science communication projects through Agora since 2011. By 2016, the scheme had already been going strong for five years. To celebrate the anniversary, Frank Burnet, president of the Agora Commission at the time, presented the funding scheme in a video clip in which he focused on three communication projects: the “cOld Ice” training project on glaciers for laypeople conducted by Leandra Reitmaier-Naef; Francesco Mondada’s instructive and enjoyable “Robotics in schools” project; and “Numb3d by numb3ers” by Antonietta Mira, an interactive exhibition about working with numbers. By awarding Agora grants of between 5,000 and 200,000 francs, the SNSF aims to promote the spread of knowledge in society as well as the exchange of ideas and opinions on scientific research.