Meet our partner: OeAD-GmbH – Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation
📌 OeAD-GmbH – Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung is Austria’s central agency for education and international cooperation. With a mission to advise, support, and connect people and institutions across education, science, research, and culture, OeAD drives innovation 🚀 and capacity development in Austria, Europe, and beyond through grants, scholarships, and cross-sector programmes.
📌 In RIECS-Concept, OeAD Citizen Science contributes through its “Public Science” 👥 department, which coordinates initiatives like Sparkling Science, the Citizen Science Award, and the Centre for Citizen Science. With over 350 Sparkling Science projects supported, OeAD brings deep expertise in citizen science 🌱 in education, public engagement, and sustainable funding structures.
✨ OeAD Citizen Science fosters strong links between research, schools, and civil society by combining advocacy, outreach, and service delivery. Their experience strengthens RIECS-Concept‘s goal of building inclusive and participatory research infrastructure. As Petra Siegele says: “RIECS-Concept is a great opportunity to co-create a research infrastructure that truly includes everyone – from students to scientists.” 🎯
‼️ Get to know OeAD-GmbH – Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung‘s approach and explore how citizen science shapes education and engagement across generations ❗
Published: 2025-05-07
RIECS-Concept
RIECS-Concept – an initiative to build a strong foundation for the future of Citizen Science in Europe!