European Researchers’ Night (ERN) in Malopolska will be organised for the 14th time in our region. The event will be held in 8 cities of the Malopolska Region (Kraków, Tarnów, Nowy Sącz, Niepołomice, Oświęcim, Skawina, Chrzanów and Limanowa) to show the wide scientific heritage, with access not being a barrier to the participation of the residents of various parts of the region as well as the whole country. Events will be organized in approx. 50 locations in ca. 30 partner institutions (both those included in the project consortium and other partners involved in the organization of the ERN program in all cities). Researchers from participating institutions prepared approx. 1,500 different activities, including e.g. interactive workshops, demos and experiments, meetings with researchers etc. The preparation of such a diverse programme will involve approx. 1,500 people every year: scientists, R&D employees from companies and students, as well as 60 science clubs. ERN 2020 will be organized under the slogan "How do researchers change our world?" Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of scientists in the fight against various environmental threats, as well as against air pollution (including smog and climate changes) - they will share their discoveries with the ERN participants that aim to save our planet. An important distinction of the ERN among other events is that we focus on interactivity. During the RN, the researchers present their work combining learning with entertainment (edutainment), to make children and young people as passionate about science as possible. But the participants themselves will feel like real researchers performing unusual experiments under the watchful eye of their mentors. The project has European dimension – due to its broad and diversified awareness campaign, we estimate that 4 million people will be made aware of the project and its objectives. Duration of the project: 1.05.-31.12.2020

European Researchers' Night (ERN) in Malopolska 2021 (Malopolska Researchers' Night) will be organised for the 15th time in our region. The event will be held in the hybrid formula (online and stationary activities) to response the participants needs and current pandemic situation. Such formula enable to attract larger group of people. Scale of the event is huge to show the wide scientific heritage and achieve project's goals: 8 cities of the Malopolska Region (Krakow, Tarnow, Nowy Sacz, Niepolomice, Oswiecim, Skawina, Chrzanow and Limanowa), approx. 60 locations in ca. 35 partner institutions (both those included in the project consortium and other partners involved in the ERN in Malopolska), approx. 1,800 different activities (including e.g. interactive workshops, demos and experiments, face to face meetings with researchers, science shows etc.) prepared by over 2,000 researchers, R&D employees and students in cooperation with 80 science clubs. ERN 2021 will be organized under the slogan "Researchers are changing our world". Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of researchers in the fight against various environmental threats, as well as against air pollution (incl. smog and climate changes) - they will share their discoveries with the ERN participants that aim to save our planet (incl. activities related to European Green Deal). An important distinction of the ERN among other events is that we focus 100% on interactivity. During the ERN, the researchers present their work combining learning with entertainment (edutainment), to make children and young people as passionate about science as possible. But the participants themselves will feel like real researchers performing unusual experiments under the watchful eye of their mentors. The project has European dimension: due to its broad and diversified awareness campaign, we estimate that 4.5 million people will be made aware of the project and its objectives. Duration of the project: 1.04.-30.11.2021.