meet the scientists - fulbright

Meet The Scientist

Case

Science & technology education in Hungary– High standards– Few ‘real life’ examples– Low-budget experiments mostly

Scientists from Hungary– Many working in cutting edge labs– Willing to share their experince

Method

Approached several high-scools– Selected 10 participants, 4 from Budapest

Approach several successful scientists– Eager to propagate science– Knows about US possibilities (Fulbrighter)– Known internationally

One scientist ↔ one school, 45 minutes Language: popular science Videocasting

Status

Announced by Her Excellency Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, US Ambassador to Hungary– Sept 24, 2010, ‘First Fulbright Day’

Organizer: Dr. László Antos, HAI Starts November 19, 2010 First three ‘setups’ firm

– Budapest, Nyíregyháza, Pécs First years timetable more or less firm Facebook group and homepage on the way

Where we need your help

Organizing next years program– Will see what we learn from the first year

Similar running projects– Innovation Contest– Youth Science Forum– Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

More schools, more scientists Follow-up events, maybe a summer conference Where you can help:

Hungarian Association for Innovation