{"id":2373,"date":"2019-03-15T14:15:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T13:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leo-foundation.org\/en\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2020-11-11T14:31:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:31:55","slug":"dkk-6000000-to-young-scientists-in-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org\/en\/2019\/03\/15\/dkk-6000000-to-young-scientists-in-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"DKK 6,000,000 to Young Scientists in Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
15 March 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Science is a powerful tool to understand and change the world for the better. The national Centre for Learning in Science, Technology and Health in Denmark \u2013 Astra* \u2013 wants to strengthen and develop science learning to train a new generation of young people with strong science competencies.<\/strong>\u00a0It is important for the future of Denmark and our role in a globalized world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of Astra*\u2019s activities is Unge Forskere (Young Scientists) which is Denmark\u2019s largest talent competition for children from Danish elementary schools and high schools within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The LEO Foundation has decided to award Astra* with a grant of DKK 6,000,000 to support the competition \u201cUnge Forskere 2019-2021\u201d. In this way, the LEO Foundation wants to contribute to encourage the interest and engagement in natural science and strengthen the pipeline of future expert researchers within STEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Unge Forskere-competition contributes to both talent development through participation in the competition, and it strengthens the work with innovation, idea development and the natural science method in daily teaching. It is a program that focuses both on the most talented young people, and generally strengthens the natural science identity and general science education among children and young people in Denmark.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n