Fame Lab

The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is the largest single endowment in the UK exclusively dedicated to innovation. NESTA’s aim is to transform the UK’s capacity for innovation. NESTA invests in early-stage companies, informs innovation policy and encourages a culture that helps innovation to flourish.

Cheltenham Science Festival offers both a celebration and critical exploration of science.  Using hallmarks of quality, accessibility, debate and enjoyment and utilising a range of innovative event formats.  The festival seeks to respond to public interest in scientific issues and to create opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to become more informed and to encourage dialogue and debate.  Since it started in 2002, the festival has gained a reputation for nurturing talent in science communication and offering new opportunities for people from different backgrounds to engage different audiences in science.

Channel 4 has engaged a new audience with innovative science programming, presented by extraordinary people. “We are looking for people with real passion, people with charisma, presence and expert knowledge, who can make us open our eyes and see the world in a new way. We’re looking forward to getting to grips with Britain’s next generation of science communicators” Louisa Bolich, Channel 4.

The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, operating independently from the UK Government.  The British Council’s science programme supports scientific collaboration through the exchange of ideas and knowledge, and by building relationships between young scientists around the world. Through the British Council’s science and society projects, they stimulate debate about the impacts of science on people’s lives and awareness and appreciation of the UK with wider international audiences.  The British Council supports FameLab and runs FameLab in 9 Eastern European Countries.

SILICON 19 is a creative production company dedicated to producing innovative and effective moving picture content for TV, film, DVD, video and the internet. An accredited television advertising agency and digital post-production facility, SILICON 19 exploits media technology to produce exciting solutions for broadcast, the commercial sector and the arts.

With a professional yet relaxed blend, Tijuana has worked with FameLab to creatively design the new NESTA FameLab brand and provided website design and support that assists in the search for UK’s best new science communication talent.

Jenesys Associates Ltd is a research, evaluation and communications business consultancy specialising in the fields of knowledge transfer, science communication and innovation. Jenesys Associates conduct the evaluation of NESTA FameLab.