New Initiative to create resources to increase engagement in crystallography and structural science
New Initiative to create resources to increase engagement in crystallography and structural science
- New grants to create science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach resources and activities.
- Grants cover the costs to produce resources or activities.
- To increase schools and public engagement in crystallography and structural science.
Cambridge, UK - ??, 2022 – The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) today announced new Engagement Grants in its latest initiative to advance structural science.
To help crystallographers and structural scientists to inspire others, the Grants cover the costs to produce resources or activities to increase schools and public engagement in crystallography and structural science.
The Grants could be used to produce a video, social media series, game, poster, or activity to engage or inspire those not currently involved in STEM, including children, those undecided about what to study, or the public. The only restriction is that the outputs must be about crystal structures, crystallography, or structural science.
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More information, including how to apply, can be found at https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Community/awardsandsponsorship/ccdc-engagement-grants/
Press Contact
Sophie Bryant, Marketing Manager, sbryant@ccdc.cam.ac.uk
Notes to Editors
· Interviews with CCDC scientists and C-level executives available upon request.
· Stunning molecular images for both print and electronic use available upon request (credited: Image generated using CSD-Particle. Courtesy of the The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC)).
About the CCDC
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) are world-leading experts in structural chemistry data, software and knowledge for materials and life sciences research and development.
A registered charity and non-profit and a partner institute of the University of Cambridge, the CCDC is an active research centre with 20+ scientists active in research. We are committed to education and outreach - funding multiple PhD students each year and providing educational resources for free to the chemistry community.
We specialise in the collation, preservation, and application of scientific structural data for use in pharmaceutical discovery, materials development and research and education.
We compile and distribute the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), a certified trusted database of fully curated and enhanced organic and metal-organic structures, used by researchers across the globe.
We inspire the next generation of scientists through our educational and outreach activities, and through our PhD sponsorships.
We empower scientists of all backgrounds to achieve their research goals through our FAIRE access programme as part of our non-profit, charitable status.
Our cutting-edge software empowers scientists to extract invaluable insights from CSD and proprietary data, informing and accelerating their research and development.
More info at https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/
