Having participated in the invitation for tenders for the Region of Lombardy’s “TOGETHER” programme, which seeks to provide practical help to young people in difficult situations, Fondazione Bracco was selected to carry forward a project involving young people from all over the region.
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After the success of the first three calls for projects for the promotion of inclusive education, Fondazione Bracco has launched a fourth call as part of its “Ora di scienza!” programme, the aim of which is to engender enthusiasm for science subjects in schools by arranging talks with women scientists and purtting forward ideas about possible new teaching methods and lessons, specifically:
After the success of the first two calls, which went out in 2020 as part of a drive for inclusive teaching at a time of great difficulty, the Bracco Foundation is now going forward with the 3rd edition of “Ora di scienza!” (‘Science Hour’), a project to bring stimuli and reliable and certified references into the classroom and to encourage the take-up of science in our society.
Enhancing and encouraging innovation in technical training courses is a key part of building students’ skills and strengths.
After the success of the first edition, Bracco foundation is relaunching as part of “Bracco for schools” the “Science hour!” Teaching project, an initiative aimed at teachers and students of middle and upper schools in Lombardy, Lazio and Piedmont to bring more science into society, starting from schools.
he Coronavirus epidemic has forced everyone to accept the importance of science. Schools of all kinds and levels are looking at science and research more closely than ever. Bracco Foundation offers them the “Science Hour!” project with teaching suggestions and observations from the #100esperte to offer schools stimuli and references that are reliable and certified.
As part of its commitment to nurturing youthful talent, Fondazione Bracco is providing two bursaries for young harpists enrolled at Accademia Musicale Amadeus.
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Cosmos Award for scientific divulgation
The Cosmos Award was instituted to promote scientific culture in Italy and in particular in the South of Italy by instituting an international prize each year for the best work of scientific divulgation published in Italian in the sectors of physics, mathematics and astronomy.
A work-experience project run by a secondary school for the telling of the story of works of art through narratives written collectively by students.
As part of progettoDiventerò, Bracco Foundation began, in 2017, collaboration with the University of Konstanz in the Federal German Republic to spread knowledge of the Italian language and culture among university and secondary school students in the area bounded by the cities of Konstanz, Singen and Rudolfszell where the largest overseas production site of Bracco is housed.