Study Trips and Travel Grants for Science Journalists

Themed "A City of Science" the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) 2012 took place in Dublin (Ireland) in July 2012. The conference offered the possibility to discuss current scientific topics with experts from all over Europe and argue for their relevance in science, politics, media and public. Many events troughout the conference gave journalists the opportunity to get in contact with scientists and other stakeholders from over 40 different countries.

The Robert Bosch Stiftung awarded travel fellowships for attending ESOF to science journalists from China, India, Japan and North America.

As one of its co-initiators, the Robert Bosch Stiftung has been involved financially and organizationally in ESOF since it was founded in Stockholm in 2004. Also in 2006, 2008 and 2010, the foundation provided funding and content input. ESOF is the European equivalent of the annual American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) conference, the world's largest science event.

We want to raise awareness about science among young journalists working for regional daily newspapers and interest them in making a career as a science journalist. Secondly, we want to broaden the knowledge of experienced science writers about scientific and research activities in Europe.

Travel grants for young journalists
The Robert Bosch Stiftung awarded travel fellowships for attending the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) as well as to the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF). The fellowships were awarded to young journalists working for editorial offices of German regional newspapers, radio stations or television.

The Fellowship Programme ended in 2012. We will publish new announcements on this website or on www.facebook.de/wissenschaftsjournalismus.