Following on from last year, we will be continuing the "Hokkaido University Female Student Science Support Caravan Series" and the "Support Project for Female Junior and Senior High School Students Choosing Science-Related Career Paths."
We are recruiting faculty members, researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students to cooperate and participate as a caravan team in our outreach experiment events, which are scheduled to be held at four locations throughout Hokkaido.
Please see the recruitment details below, and if you are interested, please contact the support office.
We especially encourage participation from those who graduated from Obihiro, Hakodate, or Fuji Women's Junior and Senior High School, the host cities of the event.
[Recruitment details for the Science and Engineering Support Caravan Team]
●Project Name: Support Project for Girls' Junior and Senior High School Students Choosing Science-Related Career Paths
●Purpose: To foster interest and motivation in science and engineering fields among junior and senior high school girls through outreach experimental events that introduce and allow them to experience research and experiments conducted by the university's science and engineering departments. At the same time, to vividly convey the achievements of female researchers and female students in science and engineering fields and to change the societal notion that "science and engineering are for boys and humanities are for girls."
●Events scheduled:
① August 4th (Saturday) Elfin Park Exchange Plaza, Kitahiroshima City (Open to the general public)
② August 24th (Friday) Obihiro Sanjo High School, Hokkaido (School event)
Hokkaido Obihiro Kashiwaya High School (School-held event)
August 25th (Saturday), Tokachi Plaza, Obihiro City (Open to the general public)
③ Friday, September 7th, Hakodate Municipal High School (School event)
Saturday, September 8th, Hakodate Civic Hall (Open to the general public)
September 9th (Sunday) Hakodate Chubu High School 《Public participation type》
*To be held on either the 8th or 9th; joint event with the "Hokkaido University Seminar" on the 9th is being considered.
④ Wednesday, October 3rd or Saturday, October 6th
"Let's try science! Be Ambitious, Fuji Girls!" Fuji Girls' Junior and Senior High School (School Event)
● Activities and participation requirements for the caravan team staff:
- In a large venue such as a gymnasium, booths will be set up using panel boards to introduce research, including poster displays for junior and senior high school students and the general public, as well as experiments and observations that participants can experience.
- Participate in one or more of the above events. (Participation in multiple or all of them is welcome, of course.)
- The booth manager will be a Hokkaido University faculty member. (The faculty member does not need to attend the event on the day.)
- On the day of the event, each booth must have at least one female staff member.
Students, graduate students, and postdoctoral staff will be employed as part-time technical assistants and will receive a salary.
For events involving overnight stays of one to two nights (Obihiro and Hakodate), travel and accommodation expenses will be covered by the support office.
The support office will cover the cost of consumables and other supplies necessary for booth exhibitions (including laboratory equipment and reagents). You can also use equipment owned by the support office, such as microscopes, miniature centrifuges, and constant-temperature water baths, so please consult with us.
* You can see photos from last year's event at "Activities" → "Support Program for Choosing a Science-Related Career" ( http://freshu.ist.hokudai.ac.jp/activity/shinrosentaku ).
●Application/Inquiry:
Hokkaido University Female Researchers Support Office
TEL/ 011-706-3625, E-mail/ freshu@jimu.hokudai.ac.jp
