Winners
Explaining Autoimmune Encephalitis: an animated series
Coordinator: Ana Vasconcelos
Type of activity: Animated series
Date and place of the activity: June 2026 (public presentation of animations) and January 2027 (presentation at the 3rd GENIE Meeting), UC Exploratório
R&D Units involved: CNC-UC, CiBB, CEIS20
Digitizing the Past, Imagining the Future: Heritage, Technology, and Participation
Coordinator: Nuno Miguel Cabral Carreira Coelho
Type of activity: Workshops, lecture and creative lab on heritage and digitization
Date and place of the activity: 3D Digitisation Workshop for Museum Professionals (2 days): October/November 2026, Colégio de Jesus (Science Museum) | Lecture on Heritage Digitisation (1–2 days): February 2026, Laboratório Chimico (Science Museum) | 3D Digitisation Workshop for Teenagers and Young Adults (4 sessions of 3 hours): Carnival, Easter and Summer 2026, Colégio de Jesus (Science Museum) | Creative Workshop on Modelling, Digitisation and Animation for Teenagers (2×8 sessions of 3 hours): March–Mai 2026, Colégio de Jesus (Science Museum).
R&D Units involved: CEIS20, CISUC, CGeo, CFE
ORLA – Citizen Science Festival: Where Science and the Community Meet
Coordinator: Filipa Bessa
Type of activity: Festival
Date and place of the activity: May 2026 (1 Saturday, to be defined), UC Campus, Figueira da Foz
R&D Units involved: CFE, CIBB, CES, CISUC
Science Family – your science feels familiar
Coordinator: Miguel Filipe Leite Ferreira
Type of activity: Podcast and web series
Date and place of the activity: between September 2025 and July 2026, University of Coimbra
R&D Units involved: CFE, CQC
Podcast: What Lies Between Us and the Infinite
Coordinator: Ana Catarina Cunha Santos
Type of activity: Podcast
Date and place of the activity: January to December 2026 (1 episode per month)
R&D Units involved: CNC-UC, CiBB, IA
Important Dates
Opening of applications | 9 June 2025
Closing of applications | 23 June 2025, 5pm
Results sent to applicants | by 5 August 2025
Public presentation of the winning projects/initiatives | 12th September, 3pm, UC Exploratório Centro Ciência Viva da Universidade de Coimbra
Contact
Email: iii@uc.pt ou natacha.perpetuo@uc.pt