The Francis Crick Institute is a world class centre for
biomedical research that will be opening soon the in King's Cross
area of London. It is a partnership between Cancer Research UK, the
Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust, University College
London (UCL), King's College London and Imperial College
London.
The Crick will have a regular programme of exhibitions, which
will be open to the public and held in the Manby Gallery within our
new building. Our first pilot exhibition, titled How do we
look?, will examine ways in which scientists visualise their
research, from microscopy techniques to computer aided design, and
will showcase some of the cutting-edge research currently being
undertaken by Crick scientists. It will feature 10 images and films
generated by Crick researchers.
To coincide with How do we look?, the Crick's Public
Engagement team is looking to deliver a programme of engaging and
creative workshops for local community and public audiences. It is
envisaged the workshops will take inspiration from the exhibition,
by relating to imaging tools used in biomedical research and
highlighting the importance of creativity in scientific discovery.
They will thereby engage audiences with at least one aspect of the
exhibition, bring the community together, and draw links between
creativity, art and science.
We invite proposals from companies or individuals to develop and
deliver the following:
- An arts-based workshop that links to How do we look?and can be delivered to local community, family and adult groups.
Participants should be able to create tangible objects, which can
be taken home or incorporated into a collaborative piece for
display.
Timeframe:
- A maximum of 10 workshops will be delivered between November
2016 and January 2017.
- Community groups will be recruited in September, and public
workshops will be open for booking one month in advance.
- Each workshop should last no longer than 90 minutes.
Participants:
- The workshop should be easily adaptable for community, family
and adult-only audiences.
- The Crick will be responsible for recruiting our target
community groups.
- The workshops will be delivered in the public spaces within the
institute and in community centres within one mile of the Crick, in
the King's Cross and Euston area.
Further guidelines:
- The workshop should be delivered by the applicant, although the
Crick is able to provide some support. For example we can provide
volunteer scientists to help with the delivery and advise on the
scientific content. However the workshop should not rely on
volunteers to function.
- Applicants are welcome to submit proposals for new workshop
ideas, or for workshops that have been run in the past. If the
latter is the case, please include in your application any outputs
from previous projects such as photographs or evaluative
findings.
Budget:
- A fee of up to £3000 is available for the successful applicant
to cover development time, materials, travel costs and delivery of
the workshops.
Please provide in your application:
- A description of the workshop
- The scientific content to be explored
- Ideas for evaluation of the workshop
- A detailed budget. Please include your costs per workshop,
based on travelling to the Crick and community groups in Euston and
Kings Cross, and delivering the workshop 10 times to groups of up
to 20.
The deadline for proposals is 5pm Wednesday 7 September
2016.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an informal interview
at the institute during the week commencing 12 September 2016.
For further information or to submit a proposal, please contact
Esther Osarfo-Mensah at the Francis Crick Institute: esther.osarfo-mensah@crick.ac.uk.