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Estonian Research Council

Estonian Research Council is a governmental foundation, established to concentrate the funding in research and development and to guarantee the overall functioning of the financing systems. The body is the main funding organization of R&D, consolidating different grants and types of funding and giving more visibility to research. The Council has also Science Communication Department, which runs a wide variety of science communication activities:

  • the Estonian Science Communication Award
  • national competitions for students and educational researches
  • science education and communication TV programmes
  • Media campaign promoting career options in Science and Technology (www.miks.ee)

Science Communication Department also organizes teacher trainings for student research supervisors and events for school students (science conference and science camp).