Scottish Crucible 2013

Aims

Scottish Crucible 2013 is all about helping researchers to see the bigger picture. It aims to help researchers think differently and send participants back to their work inspired. The programme has been put together with the express goal of helping participants discover skills and attitudes likely to make your research more innovative. We want participants to return armed with a greater understanding of how science can benefit society and how thinking creatively can really make a difference to their work and their career.

Scottish Crucible aims to:

• Enable participants to widen your networks and create new and innovative collaborations with researchers in other disciplines.
• Encourage participants to develop an ongoing relationship with NESTA and the Royal Society of Edinburgh - becoming part of the wider NESTA and RSE networks.
• Increase innovative capacity amongst highly promising research leaders of the future who are building their careers in Scotland.
• Enhance participants' ability to think creatively and innovatively in their work
• Increase participants' understanding of how research can impact on Society and how they could communicate their work to a wider audience.