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10th call of grants for the Program «Tutoring for Secondary School Students»

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Tutoring consists of laboratory practice and instruction to do bibliography/references searches.
 09.05.2014

10th call of grants for the Program «Tutoring for Secondary School Students»

Today, the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB) has announced the opening of the 10th call of grants for the «» project, aimed at researchers wishing to become the tutors of secondary students during their end-of high school research project. The initiative is promoted and coordinated by the PCB with the support of Fundació Catalunya–La Pedrera and the collaboration of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and is included in the program «Research in Society», aimed at bringing closer together the school community and to foster scientific vocations among these young students. The deadline for the submission of applications closes on 19 May.


The «Tutoring for Secondary School Students» offers the students attending senior secondary schools (Instituts d’Educació Superior -IES) the chance to conduct the practical part of their research project and gain hands-on-experience at the laboratories of the Technology and Scientific Platforms and research groups of companies based at PCB. Selected students will be tutored by an appointed researcher who will in addition provide support for the elaboration of their project. Nonetheless, the student will continue to be tutored by his or her regular school teacher, who will be ultimately responsible and manage the project.

The program concludes with the presentation of three awards to the best research projects carried out by participating secondary students and schools. The winners will also have the opportunity to have their own stand at the «Live Research Fair» where they will be able explain to the attendees their winning projects.

It is one of the Parc Cientific de Barcelona strategic lines to promote scientific literacy of citizens and to foster vocations among young people. Under the framework of the «Research in Society» program, the PCB was created several innovative communication channels to promote communication between the public and researchers and hence communicate ‘live science’. The park currently offers more than 120 annual classroom activities with the participation of more than 4,500 people yearly.