Academy award for science outreach: first laureate

Professor Magda Vincx has been awarded by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts for two outreach projects: Marine Art and the Sustainable Fish Week. She was one of 12 laureates. The 12 winners were honored at a science communication event last Wednesday, 28 November, where the first, second and third award were also annouced. 

Magda Vincx, together with the Marine@UGent consortium, received the first award for 'exceptional achievements of researchers in science communication'. The second award went to Ann Dooms, the third award to the team behind the blog mensenkennis. This is great news for all participants of Marine Art and the Sustainable Fish Week: all researchers, art teachers, and art students. And this is certainly an incentive to start with or continue with outreach projects. 

Read more about it on the website of the KVAB.