(Press-News.org) Javier Pérez Barbuzano, Aisling Irwin, Ruairi Mackenzie, Jacopo Pasotti, Samuel Schlaefli, Vedrana Simičević, and Zuzana Vitková are the chosen candidates for the inaugural round of the FRONTIERS Residency Program. This ERC-supported initiative will finance journalists to spend 3 to 5 months at a European research institution.
Originating from Spain, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, and Croatia, the selected journalists will develop their journalistic projects, during their residencies in scientific institutions. The initiative will award a monthly grant of up to 6,000€ to each of the selected fellows, who are expected to be fully dedicated to their projects.
The first residencies will be hosted by European institutions in Spain, Germany, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Croatia. Each residency presents a unique opportunity for the FRONTIERS Fellows to explore frontier research across various scientific disciplines. The awarded journalistic proposals include coverage of cutting-edge topics such as the impact of climate change on glaciers, agroecology, gene editing, rare diseases, technological innovation in timber materials, immunology and conspiracy theories surrounding climate change.
The first call of the FRONTIERS Residency Program closed on 5 March 2024. The selected journalists were chosen from a pool of 33 applicants, representing 20 nationalities from 5 continents. The FRONTIERS project congratulates all applicants for their submissions and invites new and unsuccessful applicants to apply for the second call of the program, which will open in June 2024.
About FRONTIERS
FRONTIERS is the science journalism initiative funded by the European Research Council, in 2023. The project allows science journalists to cover frontier science topics from within research institutions, ensuring journalistic independence. FRONTIERS aims to tackle some of the challenges of science journalism, including the deteriorating employment conditions and resources available for science journalists.
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Javier Pérez Barbuzano
Nationality: Spanish.
Career-level: Mid-career.
Host Institution: Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), in Spain.
Objective of the journalistic proposal: investigate the potential of plant science and gene editing in tackling the effects of climate change on agriculture.
Aisling Irwin
Nationality: Irish.
Career-level: Established.
Host Institution: Aalto University, in Finland.
Objective of the journalistic proposal: explore the potential and feasibility of using timber as a raw material for every element in modern life.
Ruairi Mackenzie
Nationality: British.
Career-level: Mid-career.
Host Institution: CIC Biogune, in Spain.
Objective of the journalistic proposal: explore the molecular basis of rare diseases.
Jacopo Pasotti
Nationality: Italian.
Career-level: Established.
Host Institution: Centre for Ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3), in Norway.
Objective of the journalistic proposal: study the impact of climate change on glaciers and biological systems in the Arctic.
Samuel Schlaefli
Nationality: Swiss.
Career-level: Established.
Host Institution: Aarhus University, in Denmark.
Objective of the journalistic proposal: investigate the relationship between food security and ecological health through agroecology.
Vedrana Simičević
Nationality: Croatian.
Career-level: Established.
Host Institution: Faculty of Medicine at the University of Rijeka, in Croatia.
Objective of the journalistic proposal: study the association between viral immunology, vaccinology, and diabetes.
Zuzana Vitková
Nationality: Slovak.
Career-level: Mid-career.
Host Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, in Germany.
Objective of the journalistic proposal: study the interconnectivity between the various components of the climate change phenomena and the main conspiracy theories in the field.
Note: Mid-Career: 6 to 9 years of experience; Established: 10 or more years of experience.
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FRONTIERS Residency program awards grants to seven European journalists
Javier Pérez Barbuzano, Aisling Irwin, Ruairi Mackenzie, Jacopo Pasotti, Samuel Schlaefli, Vedrana Simičević, and Zuzana Vitková are the chosen candidates for the inaugural round of the FRONTIERS Residency Program
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[Press-News.org] FRONTIERS Residency program awards grants to seven European journalistsJavier Pérez Barbuzano, Aisling Irwin, Ruairi Mackenzie, Jacopo Pasotti, Samuel Schlaefli, Vedrana Simičević, and Zuzana Vitková are the chosen candidates for the inaugural round of the FRONTIERS Residency Program