For the third year in a row, we returned to the ever popular Cork Carnival of Science, held in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork city. As always, there was a huge attendance over the two days, passing over 10,000 people. Thanks to Mervyn for having us there, it is great to have Lifetime Lab on our project this year to offer advice and to help with the public engagement side of our project. Our team “sparked conversations” with about 3000 people at the Cork Carnival of Science this year.
Once again the PhD ambassadors are key to the success of our Current Chemistry Investigators (CCI) project. As well as helping everyone learn more about green energy, they also act as tangible role models for budding young scientists. Thank you to all of our PhD ambassadors for their enthusiasm, professionalism and generosity with their time. It was also great to have ambassadors from Tyndall and UCC join us this year also for the first time alongside those from TCD and ATU Sligo. They are all inspiring Role Models – we had many children return to us for more chats!
Thank you to Science Foundation Ireland for their support as always, without which we could not undertake any of our activities. The feedback we gathered from participants was the largest ever, and was overwhelmingly positive. We look forward to publishing the results for everyone to see very soon.
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Current Chemistry Investigators (CCI) 