STIMULATE

STIMULATING THE PUBLIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS ADVANCED MATERIALS

Coordinatore	NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS - NTUA    more  Organization address address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ZOGRAPHOU CAMPUS city: ATHINA postcode: 15780 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Georgia Cognome: Mertzelou Email: send email Telefono: 302108000000 Fax: 302108000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Sito del progetto	http://www.physics.ntua.gr/~micronano/stimulate/index.html
Totale costo	1˙878˙897 €
EC contributo	1˙631˙000 €
Programma	FP7-NMP Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies
Code Call	FP7-NMP-2013-CSA-7
Funding Scheme	CSA-SA
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-07-01   -   2015-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS - NTUA  Organization address address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ZOGRAPHOU CAMPUS city: ATHINA postcode: 15780 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Georgia Cognome: Mertzelou Email: send email Telefono: 302108000000 Fax: 302108000000	EL (ATHINA)	coordinator	161˙940.00
2	APT FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED  Organization address address: EALING GREEN - MET FILM EALING STUDIOS city: LONDON postcode: W5 5EP contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Stewart Cognome: Le Marechal Email: send email Telefono: 442083000000	UK (LONDON)	participant	586˙106.50
3	Serious Games Interactive  Organization address address: RAVNSBORGGADE 2 2 city: KOBENHAVN postcode: 2200 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Damian Cognome: Brown Email: send email Telefono: 4548445192	DK (KOBENHAVN)	participant	372˙598.42
4	"NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ""DEMOKRITOS"""  Organization address address: Patriarchou Gregoriou Str. city: AGHIA PARASKEVI postcode: 15310 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Euripides Cognome: Papadopoulos Email: send email Telefono: +30 2106503037 Fax: +30 210 6522623	EL (AGHIA PARASKEVI)	participant	312˙619.08
5	EUROPEAN MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY  Organization address address: Rue du Loess 23 city: STRASBOURG postcode: 67037 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Rodrigo Cognome: Martins Email: send email Telefono: 351213000000	FR (STRASBOURG)	participant	101˙436.00
6	TELEVISION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT  Organization address address: 292 VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROAD city: LONDON postcode: SW1V 1AE contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Timothy Cognome: Drew Email: send email Telefono: +44 20 7 963 7442	UK (LONDON)	participant	63˙335.00
7	THE OPEN UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: WALTON HALL city: MILTON KEYNES postcode: MK7 6AA contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Monica Cognome: Stainton Email: send email Telefono: +44 1908 652702	UK (MILTON KEYNES)	participant	32˙965.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'More than seventy percent of all technical innovations today depend directly or indirectly on the development of advanced materials. Advanced materials have been identified as one of the 6 Key Enabling Technologies, of systemic relevance that feed many different cooperating business sectors. Exactly because of the complicated nature of their role as technology enablers, advanced materials many times miss the general public’s attention. People tend to underestimate the importance of advanced materials, since they are mostly focused on the final consuming products, instead of appreciating the underlying materials technologies.

In order to uncover this hidden role, we propose a cross-platform media approach, integrating onto a web portal, online educational resources, a web-based serious game and a character-led documentary film that will be translated in all the official EU languages.

To achieve this task we involve a multidisciplinary team of experts (in advanced materials, documentary filming, game based education, e-learning, scientific journalism etc) that are combining their expertise in order to create a coherent set of media products.

The educational, “Serious Game”, will be targeted towards teenagers (between 14 and 17 years old) while the character-led documentary will be targeted towards the general public and especially the younger people. Overlapping scientific content and cross-references between the two will link them and promote their distribution.

We plan to introduce people to a world of invention and innovation. We aim to give our audience a clear vision for a sustainable future, based on Knowledge, Development and Innovation, with advanced materials at its core. We will present all the sides of the materials community to the general public, including research, development and manufacturing, highlighting the role of materials innovation in the struggle of the European societies to face the current economic and environmental challenges.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Advanced materials are behind most everyday applications and the technologies that revolutionised the way of life of people worldwide, yet they remain largely unknown to the general public. An EU initiative aims to get people thinking about their far-reaching effects.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The importance of advanced materials in daily life is overlooked because of the focus placed on their end products, from cars to smartphones. There is no consideration for the materials that help deliver solutions for a sustainable, healthy and safe world.

To raise overall awareness on advanced materials, the EU-funded 'Stimulating the public attitude towards advanced materials' (http://www.materialsfuture.eu/ (STIMULATE)) project is designing a variety of media products in 23 European languages, targeting ordinary citizens and youth.

The project conveys the role advanced materials play in health, environment, technology, innovation and energy. The focus is on showing how these materials are finding innovative solutions to everyday issues and challenges that benefit all.

To achieve this, project partners are developing a film and an interactive computer game. The character-led feature film documentary aims to present materials science, processes and innovations, and the people involved in research and development. The web-based game is designed to demonstrate the significance of materials science to European youth aged 14 to 17. In doing so, it hopes to attract, motivate and encourage them to pursue the field.

During the first reporting period, the team selected themes and content for the film and game. A prototype for the game was developed and then successfully tested. Production on the audiovisual materials for the film is underway, and the script has been finalised.

The project website has been set up and translated into nine languages.

By presenting the wide-ranging socioeconomic and environmental benefits of advanced materials, STIMULATE will help to involve, educate and empower Europeans of all ages.