#SciCommMake- COVID-19

#SciCommMake 2020: Special Session on COVID-19

In the summer of 2020, a special session of #SciCommMake was held to address the public understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams of scientists, artists, and science communicators won funding to deliver evidence-based messages about COVID-19 to the public.

Participants attended a matchmaking session form partnerships based on expertise and creative skills. After coaching and concept development, they pitched their project ideas to a distinguished panel of judges. Ten teams were selected to receive $1,000 each to complete their projects, as well as invitations to present their projects at the 2020 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference and the Science Talk conference. The funds for this special session of #SciCommMake were made possible thanks to Giving Tuesday Now donations and a generous gift from Science Communicators of North Carolina. Read the full story.

Winning Teams

Lisabeth DiLalla and Clare Gibson
To create a video for educating about COVID-19 spread and healthy behaviors to preschoolers

Toby Le and Dennis Meredith
To create weekly text alerts to empower populations with accurate information

Kennen Hutchinson and Kelly Crowe
To create a series of short, humorous videos about pandemic-appropriate behaviors

Keighley Reisenauer and Kelly Crowe
To create an Instagram campaign to boost cultural identity around the new normal of mask wearing

Davina Dobbins and Jasmine Frost
To create an Instagram campaign targeting highly affected areas with comparisons of fact versus fiction

Priyanka Gogna and Curt Collier
To create a community outreach project that engages youth to talk about comorbidities and air pollution

Victor Villegas and Brian Shmaefsky
To create a Latinx youth campaign involving mariachi viral videos

Sharon Lin, Philippa Steinberg, Tarun Martheswaran, and Kelly Hallstrom
To create a visual website resource addressing COVID-19 knowledge gaps for teachers and students

Stephanie Ishack and Jeffrey Toney
To create a video that resolves confusing issues related to the communication of COVID-19 as it relates to the 2020 U.S. election

David Goodsell and V. Anne Burg
To create a virtual science–art exhibit exploring the science of COVID-19

Thanks to our #SciCommMake Sponsors!

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund serves and strengthens society by nurturing a diverse group of leaders in biomedical sciences to improve human health through education and powering discovery in frontiers of greatest need.

Science Communicators of North Carolina (S.C.O.N.C.) is a volunteer organization founded in 2007 in the Research Triangle of North Carolina to connect science communicators and cultivate a love of science across North Carolina.

Funding for projects to promote the public understanding of COVID-19 was made possible thanks to the generous donations by Sigma Xi members and supporters on Giving Tuesday Now.

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#SciCommMake 2020: Special Session on COVID-19

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