More about Year of Science 2009

International Celebrations of Science occurring in 2009:

While COPUS is, at this time, localized to the US, we are excited to hear about and share what others in the world are doing to celebrate and promote the public understanding of science.

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  • The Royal Ontario Museum is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Burgess Shale by the paleontologist Charles D. Walcott.

  • The HMS Beagle Project will be celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth by launching a sailing replica of HMS Beagle. An icon of scientific progress, she will circumnavigate the globe in Darwin's wake, crewed by aspiring scientists and researchers.

In addition, visit the Web sites of our international colleagues listed below to learn more about their activities to promote the public understanding of science.

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Found 2 international organizations.

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Kathmandu University Biotechnology Creatives
Organization Contact: KUBIC, ()
This is university club established under Department of Biotechnology. we particulary invite biotech students to join. And we do organize many different events, seminars, and talks on different hot biotech related topics. we also encourage to do research on biotech field.
 
KITES RESEARCH FOUNDATION TRUST
Organization Contact: Cherukuru Sridharan, ()
The main objective of the organization is to help children in need to get to a certain level organized education, especially in science and become well educated and without unconquerable hardships integrate into the society and become conscious as well as responsible citizens of our country. Because of financial difficulties, the orphanages and special type schools (socially unprovided children) in India are not included in our educational projects, so in order to solve the problem to some degree, an idea has already ripened, To initiate, promote, coordinate and conduct studies and research on curriculum development, teaching-learning methodology and evaluation of science, mathematics and technology teaching and learning at all levels focusing on basic education;

 

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National Science Foundation The cognizant fiduciary body for the COPUS and Year of Science 2009 projects is the American Institute of Biological Sciences Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific association founded in 1947 as a part of the National Academy of Sciences, and an independent, member-governed organization since the 1950s. Support for COPUS workshops by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. EAR-0606600, EAR-0628790, and EAR-0814048. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.