Fresh Science: getting your research out there

Do you know any early-career researchers who have peer-reviewed results, a discovery or invention that has received little or no media attention?

Fresh Science is a national competition that helps early-career researchers find, and then share, their stories of discovery. Scientists get a day of media training and the chance to share their work with the media, general public and school students.
I’d appreciate it if you could circulate this to early-career researchers in your organisation.
Fresh Science is looking for:

·         early-career researchers (from honours students to no more than five years post-PhD)

·         a peer-reviewed discovery that has had little or no media coverage

·         some ability to present ideas in everyday English.

Fresh Science 2016 will run in South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. We’ll also run it in other states and territories where we can secure local support.

How to nominate
Check out the selection criteria, read ahead and see what questions will be asked, then go online and nominate via the short, easy and non-painful online application form.
Nominations close 23 March. Events May through July. Check out your state here.
What’s involved?
In each state we will select the top ten applicants. If selected, you will get:

·         A day of media training where you will: hear from working journalists about what makes science news for them; find the story in your research with guidance from two experienced science communicators; and practice being interviewed in front of camera and on radio.

·         A short profile about your work written in a media-friendly way, published online and via social media.

·         The chance to step on stage and present your science to a friendly audience down at the pub. In some states you will also present to school students.

One story per state will be written up as a press release and issued to the media.
Brought to you by:
Fresh Science South Australia is supported by: the South Australian Museum, Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia.
Fresh Science Western Australia is supported by: the Western Australian Museum, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia.
Fresh Science Victoria is supported by Museum Victoria.
Fresh Science New South Wales is supported by the University of New South Wales.
Now in its 19th year, Fresh Science has trained over 300 scientists to share their science, and generated hundreds of news stories via TV, print, radio and online. You can read past Fresh Scientists’ stories online at freshscience.org.au/stories
Read more online at www.freshscience.org.au or contact either myself or Errol Hunt on (03) 9398 1416.