I'm a Scientist, Get me out of Here! : Othor Games

» Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:41 pm

I thought http://imascientist.org.uk/ was a cool little competititon, so I'm spreading the word.

‘I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here!’ is a free online event where school students get to meet and interact with scientists. It’s a free X Factor-style competition between scientists, where the students are the judges.
Pitting students against scientists in a live round of intense, fast-paced, quick fire online live CHATs. Students get the chance to ASK scientists all the questions they want to, then VOTE for their favourite scientist to win prize of ￡500 to communicate their work with the public.
We’re now planning events for next year. http://imascientist.org.uk/teachers and http://imascientist.org.uk/scientists register now and we’ll keep you updated on all the action!

Michael Cook, a Computational Creativity researcher, and also the creator of http://www.gamesbyangelina.org/?page_id=2, won the last prize. http://www.gamesbyangelina.org/?p=187.

If you're a scientist of some sort, sign up!

» Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:05 pm

Oh, you don't even have to be based in the UK to apply. Cool. All scientists aboard!

» Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:04 pm

Very neat stuff. Maybe in a few years...

» Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:24 am

Very neat stuff. Maybe in a few years...

I checked over the rules and even people who are still studying are allowed to apply. Even people who aren't technically scientists, but engineers or technicians or historians or ethicists, have been included before if they had something interesting to offer about a field. So you can try.