Outreach

Our outreach activities provide a more inclusive and collaborative way for scientists, educators, policymakers, and wider society to engage with scientific research.

Science for kids

 

Frontiers for Young Minds is Frontiers' philanthropic outreach program involving young people aged 8-15 in the review process of real scientific papers and brings the latest, cutting-edge research into the classroom. The journal is available in English, Hebrew and Arabic and is generously supported by the Jacobs Foundation, the Patrick & Lina Drahi Foundation, and the King Abdullah University of Science Technology.

 

3,850

Young Minds

680

mentors

800

total articles

14,410,472

total article views and downloads

 

 

2021 The Nobel Collection

 

52 million

total social media views

The Nobel Collection covers science’s role in addressing today’s global challenges. The collection connects young minds with some of today’s most distinguished scientists and provides access to engaging learning material covering groundbreaking research from the last twenty years.

How do we find our way? Grid cells in the brain
May-Britt Moser, awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014

Computer Simulations in Service of Biology
Michael Levitt, awarded The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013

Quasi-Crystal, Not Quasi-Scientist
Dan Shechtman, awarded The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011

The Transcription of Life: from DNA to RNA
Roger D. Kornberg, awarded The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006

Targeted Degradation of Proteins – the Ubiquitin System
Aaron Ciechanover, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004

 

“I’m honoured to contribute to the journal Frontiers for Young Minds. Children are born curious, with passion for questions and with light in their eyes. As a scientist, I feel privileged to be able to ask questions that I think are important. I hope the papers in this journal may help nurture and reinforce children’s passion and curiosity for science – what a gift to humanity that would be!” 

May-Britt Moser, Awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014

 

 

2021 article
highlights

 

Climate change

Turning CO2 into stone is a natural way to reduce CO2 emissions and slow down climate change.

April 12, 2021 | 12,000 views

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Dark matter

How scientists use science and observations from telescopes to predict the existence of dark matter.

May 4, 2021 | 17,000 views

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Policy Labs

Our Policy Labs initiative strengthens the connection between scientific research and informed policymaking. The Covid-19 pandemic and the climate emergency are two challenges among many that we must now address.


 

Editor-in-Chief

Jean Claude Burgelman
Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers Policy Labs

Jean Claude Burgelman, Professor of Open Science Policy at the Free University of Brussels and former Head of Unit for Open Science Policy at the European Commission, hosts in-depth conversations and analysis with experts in policy, business, and academia.

 

 

Podcasts

Global systems

Professor Ian Goldin, Oxford University, discusses the impact of Covid-19 on global systems.

1 July 2021

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Open science

Heather Joseph,  SPARC, discusses the role of open science in the Covid-19 pandemic.

2 August 2021

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Video conversations

What role do
foundations have?

Dr Georg Schütte, Volkswagen Foundation, explains the role of research in tackling global challenges.

19 April 2021

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The role of
social science

Prof. Helga Novotny, ERC, talks about the role of the social sciences in addressing the public policy challenges posed by COVID-19.

25 June 2021

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Scientific response to the COVID-19 virus

Prof. James Wilsdon, Research on Research Institute, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the speed and availability of science funding.

7 January 2021

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Commentaries

Science at the
table of policy

Professor Ruth Morgan, University College London, addresses why science needs to become a standard part of public policy.

6 August 2021

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A new worldview
on global challenges

Professor Paolo Vinies,  Imperial College, shares his health and climate change insights on the G7 shared agenda.

2 August 2021

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Evidence

How to be
prepared next time

Luc Debruyne, CEPI, provides his perspective on the global pandemic response and how to be prepared next time.

25 June 2021

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