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Estonian Science Communication Award
The Estonian Science Communication Award ( et, Eesti teaduse populariseerimise auhind) is an Estonian award given to an individual or group for the popularization of science since 2006. The award is financed by the Ministry of Education and Research and is issued jointly by the Estonian Academy of Sciences and the Estonian Research Council. The award is presented in six categories: *The lifetime achievement award for long-term systematic popularization of science and technology; *Popularization of science and technology through audiovisual and electronic media; *Popularization of science and technology through print media; *Activities or series of activities popularizing science and technology; *The best researcher, journalist, or teacher popularizing science and technology; and *The best new initiative in popularizing science and technology. The Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred for the first time in 2010. Since 2012, the Lifetime Achievement Award has been named afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last "pagan" civilisations in Europe to adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Education And Research (Estonia)
The Ministry of Education and Research ( et, Haridus- ja teadusministeerium) is a government ministry of Estonia, responsible for the planning and carrying out education, research, youth, and language policies, developing the national curricula and other educational standards and performing state supervision over the compliance of national curricula and other educational standards and educational institutions. Its head office is in Tartu and it also maintains offices in the capital, Tallinn. The current Minister of Education and Research is Tõnis Lukas Tõnis Lukas (born 5 June 1962) is an Estonian politician, former Minister of Culture from 2019 to 2021 and Minister of Education and Research from 1999 to 2002 and from 2007 to 2011. Life Lukas was born in Tallinn, Estonia. After graduating f .... See also * Minister of Education and Research References External links * {{Authority control Education and Research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Academy Of Sciences
Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to promote research and development, encourage international scientific cooperation, and disseminate knowledge to the public.Academy web page at the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Accessed on line September 12, 2007. As of March 2017, it had 77 full members and 20 foreign members. Since 15 October 2014, the president of the Academy is the mathematician Tarmo Soomere.Facts of history web pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Research Council
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,0 ... * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia * List of Estonians {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Netšvolodov
Stanislav Netšvolodov (also Netchvolodov, born August 2, 1935, in Kyiv) is an Estonian sculptor and medal artist. He is a professor at Jagiellonian University. Stanislav Netšvolodov has created bronze, wood, and stone sculptures and monuments. He is also involved with painting and graphics. Netšvolodov's hobby is medal art, and he has created several medals for the University of Tartu (including the university's honorary doctorate medal and the ). Education Netšvolodov graduated from the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute in 1959 with a degree in architecture. Career Netšvolodov started creating sculptures in 1962, and he worked at a private sculpture studio in Irkutsk. From 1966 to 1970, he was the chairman of the Irkutsk branch of the Russian Union of Architects. He then worked as an artist at the Ars foundation in Tartu and as a restorer of church interiors in Poland. He has also worked as a sculpture lecturer at several art schools. Netšvolodov is a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakett 69
Rakett69 is an Estonian science competition show, broadcast by Estonian Television and funded by the Estonian Research Council. European Broadcasting Union elected "Rakett69" as best educational TV show in Europe in spring 2012. It also won the Estonian Science Communication Award The Estonian Science Communication Award ( et, Eesti teaduse populariseerimise auhind) is an Estonian award given to an individual or group for the popularization of science since 2006. The award is financed by the Ministry of Education and R ... in the same year. The objective of the program is to popularize the natural sciences in Estonia. The contestants run for the €10,000 scholarship to further pursue their career in their chosen field of science. The targeted audience of the program is 75,000 people. Set-Up After a talent show, where each individual shows a bit of what they know, a panel of three judges chooses the few who are good enough to compete for the prize. The chosen contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toomas Kukk
Toomas Kukk (born 11 June 1971 in Tallinn) is an Estonian botanist. He has been associated with the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany in Estonia since 1991. He serves as the editor-in-chief of '' Eesti Loodus'' since 2001. In 2014 he was awarded with Fourth Class of Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic .... Toomas Kukk has written books about Estonian flora. References External linksBiography 21st-century Estonian botanists 1971 births Living people People from Tallinn University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the Estonian University of Life Sciences Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Eesti Loodus editors {{Estonia-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüri Engelbrecht
Jüri Engelbrecht (born 1 August 1939) is an Estonian mechanics scientist. Since 1963, he is teaching at Tallinn University of Technology. From 1994 to 2004, he was President of Estonian Academy of Sciences. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Engelbrecht, Juri Living people 1939 births Estonian scientists Place of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of the Tallinn University of Technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Uusküla
Mari Uusküla (until July 1, 2005 Mari Bogatkin; born January 23, 1980) is an Estonian linguist. Early life and education Uusküla is the daughter of the ceramist Georg Bogatkin and the granddaughter of the artists Vladimir Bogatkin and Valli Lember-Bogatkina. Uusküla graduated from in 1998 and from the University of Tartu's Faculty of Arts and Humanities in 2003, majoring in Hungarian. Both her master's thesis and doctoral dissertation were supervised by Urmas Sutrop at the University of Tartu. She defended her dissertation, ''Basic Colour Terms in Finno-Ugric and Slavonic Languages: Myths and Facts'', in 2008 at the Department of General Linguistics. Career Uusküla teaches psycholinguistics, anthropological linguistics, semantics, and pragmatics at Tallinn University. She has taught at several other European universities, in Roskilde, Verona, Milan, and Budapest. She is the head of the Western European Studies program at Tallinn University's Institute of Humanities, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tõnu Viik (astronomer)
Tõnu Viik (born 12 December 1939, in Rohuneeme) is an Estonian astronomer. From 2008 to 2014 he was the president of Estonian Naturalists' Society. Awards and recognitions *2000: Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ..., Third Class *2021: Estonian Science Communication Award, lifetime achievement award References {{DEFAULTSORT:Viik, Tonu Living people 1939 births Estonian astronomers Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu People from Viimsi Parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
